Witch: A Label That Still Shapes Social Networks

Being labeled a witch can do great harm; it did during the Salem witch trials and continues to today in many places in Africa and Papua New Guinea.Now, researchers investigating villages in China have analyzed the effects the reputation of witchcraft could have on everything from recruiting workers to getting married. It's data that could shed light on why this belief persists in societies.Scientists examined farming villages in southwestern China headed by a group known as the Mosuo