https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A new study report has found that, even while controlling for a range of factors including measures of behavioral difficulties, children who are suspended or excluded from school are still nearly two and a half times more likely to become involved in violence and four and a half times more likely to offend compared to those who have not been suspended or excluded. https://phys.org/news/2025-06-children-involved-violence-accounting-behavior.html Social Sciences Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:13:05 EDT news668679182 Conventionally, decision-making is portrayed as a rational process: individuals calculate potential risks and aim to maximize benefits. Yet, our brains do not always endorse rational action, particularly when an immediate response is required. Sometimes, individuals mistakenly choose objectively worse options because of how these options are perceived in a given context. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-wrong-context-human-rationality-decisions.html Social Sciences Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:11:07 EDT news644587864 In Canada, when someone is about to complete serving their prison sentence, they are typically assessed for risk of violence by the prison. If they are deemed to pose a significant threat to the community, a package is prepared and shared with the police, who are notified about the release. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-notifications-prisoners-reintegrate.html Social Sciences Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:25:03 EDT news637323901 Homosexual behavior is not limited to humans. Biologists have reported homosexual behavior in many species of wild animal, ranging from bats and birds to dolphins and primates. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-male-rhesus-macaques-sex-trait.html Evolution Sat, 15 Jul 2023 12:20:01 EDT news608555630 Commercial fishing, particularly in reduced fish populations, may be responsible for genetic changes and affect overall population resilience if not carefully managed. https://phys.org/news/2021-12-commercial-fishing-fish-populations-genetic.html Plants & Animals Tue, 14 Dec 2021 07:20:36 EST news558688833 Criminology is the study of individual and social factors associated with crime and the people who perpetrate it. One of the discipline's well-established truths is that men commit violent and sexual offenses at far higher rates than women. https://phys.org/news/2021-03-men-commit-violent-crimes.html Social Sciences Fri, 26 Mar 2021 08:50:03 EDT news535966266 The basic components of communication are transmitter, receiver, code, message, channel and context. This setup is the same for communication between humans and machines. In fact, this concept of human-machine communication is becoming increasingly widespread in the increasingly connected digital world, with elements such as the IoT (internet of things), and interactivity with smartphones and wearables. https://phys.org/news/2016-09-person-machine-accidents.html Computer Sciences Thu, 22 Sep 2016 05:34:47 EDT news393741279 Installing computer security software, updating applications regularly and making sure not to open emails from unknown senders are just a few examples of ways to reduce the risk of infection by malicious software, or "malware". However, even the most security-conscious users are open to attack through unknown vulnerabilities, and even the best security mechanisms can be circumvented as a result of poor user choices. https://phys.org/news/2013-12-clinical.html Security Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:09:27 EST news306418156 In a study published today in The American Naturalist, a group of scientists led by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have used a technique developed to study human consumer choices to investigate what influences a baboon's foraging decisions. The technique, known as discrete choice modelling, has rarely been used before in animal behaviour research. It showed how baboons not only consider many social and non-social factors when making foraging decisions, but also how they change these factors depending on their habitat and their own social traits. https://phys.org/news/2012-09-baboon-foraging-choices-habitat-social.html Plants & Animals Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:00:06 EDT news266764438