Researchers find lower grades given to students with surnames that come later in alphabetical order
Knowing your ABCs is essential to academic success, but having a last name starting with A, B or C might also help make the grade.
Knowing your ABCs is essential to academic success, but having a last name starting with A, B or C might also help make the grade.
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It can be demoralizing for a person to work in a climate of repetitive skepticism and doubt about what they know, a new study shows.
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2024
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If you've been to a fast-food restaurant recently, you've probably noticed that self-service kiosks are beginning to replace human workers. But as you go to place your order and the lunch-rush crowd grows behind you, have ...
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2024
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New research led by the University of Oxford has found that perceptions of globally shared life experiences and globally shared biology can strengthen psychological bonding with humanity at large, which can motivate prosocial ...
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2024
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There has been a recent surge of attention toward attachment theory: from TikTok videos to online quizzes that claim to "assess your attachment style." It's become a hot topic, especially in the context of romantic relationships, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2024
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Nearly everyone who enters prison in the United States eventually leaves. In fact, every year about 600,000 people are released from federal and state prisons, according to U.S. Department of Justice data.
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2024
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The Voynich manuscript has long puzzled and fascinated historians and the public. This late-medieval document is covered in illustrations of stars and planets, plants, zodiac symbols, naked women, and blue and green fluids. ...
Archaeology
Apr 16, 2024
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The theories offered by the dominant literature in political science today to try to explain the sources of the political polarization that has endangered democracy around the world are adequate for the United States and ...
Social Sciences
Apr 12, 2024
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John Stone, a professor at the University of Barcelona, has found the request for two copies of Shakespeare's Othello to be sent to Lisbon in 1765, in the correspondence of the English scholar John Preston, a professor at ...
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Apr 15, 2024
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There has been a rise in the number of people diagnosed with "neurodivergence" in adulthood over the past decade. This trend has been noted both internationally and in New Zealand. But exact rates of diagnoses in this country ...
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2024
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