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Social Sciences Nov 24, 2023

A survey found 1 in 6 Australian men admit sexual feelings for children. So is pedophilia increasing?

One in six (or 15.1% of) Australian men aged over 18 recently surveyed said they had sexual feelings for a child or teen younger than 18 years.

Other Oct 17, 2022

How to win the Booker prize: Is there a formula for 'the finest in fiction'?

They say that everyone has a book in them. But how about a Booker prize? That's probably what the six shortlisted authors of the Booker prize 2022 will be wondering as they count down the days to the live-streamed awards ...

Social Sciences Mar 5, 2021

Study finds campus housing can mirror racial denotations of larger society

A new study from the University of Kansas shows that students' experience in campus housing is often marked by racial denotations of who belongs in campus spaces and that the shifting idea of universities as businesses can ...

Environment May 8, 2019

A war is brewing over lithium mining at the edge of Death Valley

A small Cessna soared high above the Mojave Desert recently, its engine growling in the choppy morning air. As the aircraft skirted the mountains on the edge of Death Valley National Park, a clutch of passengers and environmentalists ...

Education Nov 19, 2018

How schools can foster civic discussion in an age of incivility

What is the role of classrooms in an era of political polarization and rising extremist ideologies, hate crimes and violence?

Other Sep 19, 2018

Three things we can all learn from people who don't use smartphones or social media

Many of us spend hours every day tethered to our devices, pawing at the screen to see if it will deliver a few more likes or emails, monitoring the world and honing our online presence. Social networking platforms such as ...

Social Sciences Mar 27, 2018

Social determinism starts at school

A social universe is an extraordinarily complex thing. At its own level, a mind-brain is equally complex. When a mind is behaving within in a group, patterns emerge – patterns that the mind can hardly grasp. These complex ...

Security Aug 3, 2017

Here's what's on the dark web: Child snuff videos, WMD recipes, your phone number

An internet realm known as the dark web was once promoted as a safe haven for political dissidents and libertarians worldwide, and financed partly by the State Department. But it has turned into a criminal cesspool.

Business Jun 5, 2017

Isolation by the West fuels a tech startup boom in Iran

Mostafa Meisami has given up on the farming life, trading his old job raising cattle for a better-paying gig ferrying commuters through the notoriously traffic-clogged streets of the Iranian capital Tehran.

Social Sciences May 31, 2017

What rural, coastal Puerto Ricans can teach us about thriving in times of crisis

Puerto Ricans are searching for solutions to the island's worst economic and social crisis in a long time.

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