Gift cards from politicalized brands dampen recipients' gratitude
Even gift cards aren't immune from America's sharp political divisions.
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2022
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News tagged with beliefs
What the Voyager space probes can teach humanity about immortality and legacy
Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth. After sweeping by Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, it is now almost 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) from Earth in interstellar space. Both Voyager 1 and ...
Space Exploration
May 26, 2022
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Disbelief in human evolution linked to greater prejudice and racism
A disbelief in human evolution was associated with higher levels of prejudice, racist attitudes and support of discriminatory behavior against Blacks, immigrants and the LGBTQ community in the U.S., according to University ...
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2022
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Study finds that natural disasters can increase discrimination, including towards women
China's Yellow River has a long and tumultuous history of flooding, and has been the cause of the some of the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded. Before the introduction of dams and other modern disaster management ...
Social Sciences
Mar 16, 2022
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Workers returning to the office soon become more optimistic about COVID-19 safety
As people inch closer to returning to work after staying home during the pandemic, they tend to downplay the risks of getting a COVID-19 infection, according to new research.
Economics & Business
Mar 8, 2022
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People rethink nationalist beliefs in uncertain times
Varvara, a 66-year-old retired factory worker in Kazan, Russia, keeps faith in her homeland despite a life of suffering and loss. "It was a tough time," she said. "The one thing that makes me happy is that we got through ...
Political science
Mar 3, 2022
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Trust in science rose in Germany after onset of COVID-19 pandemic
Surveys conducted in Germany suggest that public trust in science rose after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, while revealing different patterns of trust among different subpopulations. Rainer Bromme of the University ...
Social Sciences
Feb 9, 2022
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Support for populist politics 'collapsed' during the pandemic: global report
Support for populist parties and politicians, and agreement with populist sentiment, has diminished during the pandemic, according to a "mega-dataset" taking in attitudes of over half a million people across 109 countries ...
Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2022
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When meeting someone new, try skirting the small talk and digging a little deeper
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic persists, there's hope that life will return to some level of normalcy in 2022.
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2022
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Incarcerated men's religious beliefs did not improve their reentry-related outcomes
Studies suggest that religion can help prisoners cope with prison life and that it may affect the likelihood of recidivism. A new longitudinal study examined how male prisoners' religious beliefs affected their reentry into ...
Social Sciences
Jan 5, 2022
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