We've all experienced defeat at some point – losing a game, a potential new job, a debate. Now, a new study has found that ...

Researchers have pinpointed specific brain cells that control how animals react to social defeat, offering new insight into the biology of dominance and submission.

Social stratification refers to the structured hierarchy of classes that divides people by wealth, education, power, and ...

Columnist Francesco Salamone asks students to consider how their desire for higher social status impacts their decisions. Credit: Ana Glassman You and I are playing a subtle game. It congenitally ...

Social hierarchies are everywhere-think of high school dramas, where the athletes are portrayed as most popular, or large companies, where the CEO makes the important decisions.

How Banijay Asia stripped away dance and drama from Indian reality TV for a pure power-play experiment that became the country's most-watched show.

Few leadership positions in the U.S. government come with as many challenges as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, the massive retirement benefits agency that has run into massive ...