It's not exactly news that anonymity causes some to feel they have carte blanche to behave badly online; but new research suggests overall group attitudes can change this. Michelle Starr is CNET's ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. From Cairo to Tunis, demonstrators united by emotion, purpose and social media gather in their thousands to ...

New method to study the movement, behaviour, and environmental context of group-living animals using drones and computer vision. A drone is flying over a herd of plains zebras in central Kenya. It is ...

Social animals should limit individuality to conform with the behaviour of the group, a University of Bristol study has found. Scientists at Bristol’s School of Biological Sciences observed that group ...

Ever wonder if acts of kindness or malice really do ripple outwards? If you give up a seat on a train to a stranger, do they go onto “pay it forward” to others? Likewise, if you steal someone’s seat, ...

Ampyx priscus in linear formation (Moroccan Lower Ordovician Fezouata Shale) Jean Vannier, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon: Terre, Planètes, Environnement (CNRS / ENS de Lyon / Université Claude ...