Patterns of human behavior and movement in crowded cities -- the tipping point at which agitated crowds become anti-social mobs, the configuration of civic areas as defensible spaces that also promote ...

After nearly two years of social isolation, it is no wonder everyone has been itching to jump back into life the way it was before the pandemic. However, the recent Astroworld tragedy is proof the ...

How do law-abiding people get caught up in dangerous group dynamics? Learn the sociology behind collective behavior and contagion theory. In the months after the Jan. 6 riot in Washington, D.C. in ...

Electrons whizzing around each other and humans crammed together at a political rally don't seem to have much in common, but researchers are connecting the dots. They've developed a highly accurate ...

*It's a press release. This augmented photogrammetry is truly strange and different. CrowdOptic Introduces Next-Generation of Crowd Behavioral Analytics Technology (((you likely didn't know there was ...

When people gather in large groups, they often act in ways that are different from how they would behave individually. Crowds can be manipulated in many ways. Mob behavior, swarm behavior, and herding ...

Many of us grew up with crowds. From the beach to the ballgame, to the high school football bleachers, we spent at least part of our time with other people. Sometimes thousands of them at once. And ...

Both Simone Biles and Suni Lee failed to reach the podium in Monday’s balance beam final. This was after both U.S. gymnasts fell mid-routine, resulting in Biles and Lee finishing with a corresponding ...

Golf legend Tom Watson, former U.S. Ryder Cup captain and multiple major champion, made waves after Europe’s dramatic 15-13 victory by publicly apologizing for the conduct of U.S. fans at Bethpage ...