The United States leads the world in its use of solitary confinement, locking away in isolation more of its population than any other country.
Social Sciences
Oct 17, 2022
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It is common for young animals, in particular mammals, to play. Researchers at Linköping University (LiU) in Sweden have for the first time mapped the development of play in young chickens. The results, published in Scientific ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 17, 2022
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There have already been more than 300 mass shootings in the United States this year—the latest at a 4th of July parade in the Highland Park suburb of Chicago that left seven people dead and dozens injured. As the nation ...
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2022
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Automation enhances industry, but it's harmful to the mental health of its human co-workers.
Economics & Business
Jun 29, 2022
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Federal officials say the FBI's database of people prohibited from purchasing firearms only works if it has "complete, accurate and timely information."
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2022
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Parenting style—helicopter parenting (disciplinarian) versus free-range explorer (nurturing)—may be a key to the country's political future. A new study out of Carnegie Mellon University has found a person's parenting ...
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2022
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Oregon health officials say the impacts of climate change, including more devastating wildfires, heat waves, drought and poor air quality, are fueling "climate anxiety" among young people.
Environment
Jun 15, 2022
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Since the police killing of George Floyd in May 2020 and the subsequent mass mobilizations for police defunding and abolition, the defund movement has continued to organize.
Social Sciences
Jun 10, 2022
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The U.S. government spent an estimated $5.4 billion last year at the state and federal level to incarcerate adults convicted of sex crimes against children under age 18, according to a new study led by a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg ...
Social Sciences
Mar 25, 2022
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All children and adolescents have the right to live free from discrimination. However, the public debate last week around the proposed religious discrimination bill threatened this right.
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2022
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