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Summary Contrary to the usual story that wealth automatically helps close gender gaps, this new study finds that as countries get richer, the gender gap in STEM graduation actually gets wider—with men increasingly outnumbering women in science, tech, engineering, and math degrees in more...

Psychologists have long assumed a simple rule: more religion equals more happiness. A 2011 study published in Mental Health, Religion & Culture by Luke W. Galen and colleagues overturned that tidy narrative, revealing that the real predictor of well-being isn't faith itself but the certainty...

According to the Copernicus June 2026 report, this month of June was the hottest ever recorded in Europe, standing at +3°C above pre-industrial averages. France was the worst affected by the heat waves and so it's June average soaring +9°C above pre-industrial averages. July is well...

Use of Instagram, TikTok, X/Twitter and Snapchat sharply decreases with age. Facebook and Pinterest are considerably more popular among women than men, while Reddit has the highest percentage of male users. College educated and higher earning individuals are more likely than average to use...

A lot of people outside the US do not realize just how much taxes can vary between states. The difference between US states in this regard is often larger than between European countries. Many people also believe that taxes are lower in the United States than in Europe, but it really depends on...

Long story short: On 9 July 2026, the European Parliament voted on whether to extend the temporary “Chat Control 1.0” regime that allows tech companies to scan private messages and emails for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). A majority of MEPs present voted against the measure (314 to 276)...

It seems that the majority of parents in Western countries are now in favor of banning social media for children and teenager under 16 years old. There are good arguments in favor of that. The problem has always been the implementation itself. The UK has just passed the ban on social media for...

College students were given a list of 20 potential "hot topics" and asked which ones are the most uncomfortable to discuss on their campus. I'm surprised that just discussing abortion is still such a taboo in US society, even among college students who are by definition young and educated...

An interesting study called Danish Exceptionalism: Explaining the Unique Increase in Social Trust Over the Past 30 Years show us something unexpected. A lot of Americans today argue that the Nordic model could not be applied to American society because of the low level of trust between...

A major new study published in Nature in May 2026 shows that the global obesity epidemic is not uniform: in many high‑income countries, the rise in obesity has slowed and plateaued (and in some cases may even slightly reverse), while in low‑ and middle‑income countries it continues to...

This chart shows the estimated GDP per capita in the early Roman Empire (around $1000) and other periods in European history. To put this into perspective, $1000 is about the same as Ethiopia or Congo today. It's only in the 19th century that Europe's GDP per capita climbed above this level.

How can you protect your privacy while enforcing age verification? How can you stop kids under 18 to use VPN to bypass age restrictions? That's the questions debated in this video. EU Made Simple also explains the new EU digital wallet app which will become available in every EU country by the...

TL;DR: A new study in Nature Human Behaviour argues that political hostility on social media isn't primarily caused by anonymity or algorithms — it's driven by offline economic inequality and weak democratic institutions. People in less democratic and less economically equal countries report...

British families have suffered the largest fall in wealth among rich countries since the pandemic, according to the UBS Global Wealth Report 2026, as reported by the Telegraph. The average Briton’s wealth has dropped by more than a fifth over the last five years, the worst decline among the 37...

A newly published study in the British Medical Journal says that the US–UK pharmaceutical deal agreed last December could lead to 229,000 excess deaths in England by 2036 if the NHS has to divert money from other services to pay for it. That’s more than the 137,000 deaths recorded during the...

A new study published in The Economic Journal finds that smarter people really are more likely to help others—and the data behind that conclusion is staggering in scale. Economists Mikael Elinder and Oscar Erixson mined Swedish administrative registers covering roughly 1.2 million men and a...

Graph showing 85 different religious traditions sorted by percentage with a bachelor's degree and the mean reported household income. Top right (richest, most educated): Jews Hindus Episcopalians Atheists Presbyterians Bottom left (poorest, least educated): Free Will Baptist Church of God...

Percentage of football players who are smiling in their Panini sticker book photos by country Latin countries are more likely to smile. Muslim countries are among the least likely to smile. However, I wonder why none of the Canadian and South African players smile. 🤔

Beyond the Genetics: The Psychological Architecture of Living to 100 When we think of centenarians—those rare individuals who reach the century mark—our minds often drift to genetics. We imagine a "longevity gene," a biological lottery ticket inherited from robust ancestors. While DNA...

In the heated landscape of modern politics, where left and right seem to speak different languages, a compelling question emerges: Are these divisions merely cultural, or do they run deeper—perhaps even into the very structure of our brains? A groundbreaking new study titled "Authoritarianism...