Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum explain how it is possible for the small brains of pigeons, parrots and corvids to perform equally well as those of mammals, despite their significant differences.
Plants & Animals
Mar 6, 2024
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Potters of different cultural backgrounds learn new types differently, producing cultural differences even in the absence of differential cultural evolution. Kobe University-led research, published in PNAS Nexus, has implications ...
Archaeology
Feb 28, 2024
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Experts have long pointed out the need for white parents to have conversations that directly address racism with their children to reduce racial bias. But many parents fail to have these crucial discussions.
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2024
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In the classic Disney film "Beauty and the Beast," Lumière, the candelabra character, famously sings with Mrs. Potts, a teapot, "Be our guest, be our guest. Put our service to the test. Tie your napkin round your neck, Cherie, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2024
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As a sociologist who studies how people think and feel about work, I've been struck by the unflattering cultural narrative that has intensified around work in recent years.
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2024
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The brains of people with ADHD function in ways that can benefit them as entrepreneurs, according to research from the West Virginia University John Chambers College of Business and Economics.
Economics & Business
Feb 6, 2024
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This week, Emiliano Bruner, a paleoneurologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), has published a wide-ranging review in the Journal of Comparative Neurology that describes the relationship ...
Evolution
Jan 29, 2024
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Ever since Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky formalized the concept of cognitive bias in 1972, most empirical evidence has given credence to the claim that our brain is incapable of improving our decision-making abilities. ...
Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2024
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Only about 1 in 4 Americans said that they had trust in the nation's institutions in 2023—with big business (1 in 7), television news (1 in 7) and Congress (1 in 12) scraping the very bottom.
Social Sciences
Jan 23, 2024
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Human behavior is an enigma that fascinates many scientists. And there has been much discussion over the role of probability in explaining how our minds work.
Quantum Physics
Jan 19, 2024
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