As life expectancy has grown, so have rosy expectations of longer retirements. But new research suggests the reality is far more complicated.
Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2022
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From Little Red Riding Hood to the Ugly Duckling, fairy tales have long been read to children across the ages. Yet despite criticisms of being outdated and sexist, new research shows that fairy tales still hold an important ...
Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2022
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The United States has the largest number of people incarcerated in the world—about 25% of all people imprisoned worldwide are in American prisons and jails.
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2022
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With the world is experiencing inflation levels not seen since the 1980s, central banks are caught between warning of the dangers of an 1970s-style inflationary spiral, and contributing to that spiral by talking about it.
Economics & Business
Aug 19, 2022
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22
Although most people who commit violence tend to be teens and young adults, a new study found that the perpetrators of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda were mostly middle-aged men.
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2022
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Every year I ask the college students in the course I teach about the 14th-century Black Death to imagine they are farmers or nuns or nobles in the Middle Ages. What would their lives have been like in the face of this terrifying ...
Archaeology
Aug 11, 2022
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The United Nations estimated Monday that the world's population will reach 8 billion on Nov. 15 and that India will replace China as the world's most populous nation next year.
Other
Jul 12, 2022
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It was a nightmare fire season that California won't soon forget.
Earth Sciences
Jun 20, 2022
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More than ever before, women are reaching new heights in various fields. However, success comes at a cost—one that could have significant repercussions on their careers and personal lives.
Social Sciences
Jun 9, 2022
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Women feel more frustrated than men by the gendered expectations placed on them at work, even when those expectations appear to signal women's virtues and are seen as important for workplace advancement, according to new ...
Social Sciences
May 27, 2022
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