Society articles from across Nature Portfolio

A mixed-methods study of crime in the English city of Nottingham shows that the presence of a governance-type organized criminal group helped to reduce ordinary crime in the immediate area.

The jet stream — a band of strong winds high above Earth’s surface — can shift and create opposing summertime climate conditions in northwest and southeast Europe. Tree-ring data reveal that the jet stream has driven this climate dipole for more than 700 years, resulting in contrasting patterns in weather, agricultural and societal extremes.

Innovative educational methods can be difficult to spread across universities and instructors. This study examines the best routes to rapidly scale new methods in sustainability education.

This study used a mixed-methods approach to map out crime patterns over time in Nottingham. It found that the district of Bestwood, the site of a large governance-type organized crime group, has lower crime rates in certain categories than comparable districts with no such group.

White Americans who feel they are in “last place” – falling behind the perceived status of most white, Black, Asian, and Latinx Americans – express the most support for alt-right ideology and politics.

This study uses a qualitative mixed-methods approach to study how delivery cyclists navigate Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. It identified positive experiences and that these riders face the same concerns as all cyclists with the added challenges of weather and consumer demand.

Norway offers up to 2 hours of paid time per day for breastfeeding. Why do other countries’ parental support policies lag so far behind?

A mixed-methods study of crime in the English city of Nottingham shows that the presence of a governance-type organized criminal group helped to reduce ordinary crime in the immediate area.

Uncertainty is a core tenet of science — researchers should be supported so they can communicate it with confidence to the public.

When research on an intriguing material called for hundreds of samples, secondary-school students, teachers and technicians stepped up.

Chemist Robert Mokaya works to advance equality in science for Black researchers in the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa.

Satellite imagery is getting sharper and is gradually making its way into the courtroom.