The Netherlands has entered into its strictest lockdown to date, with a new round of school and daycare closures. This will undoubtedly have an impact on parents around the country, who must once again juggle home schooling ...
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2020
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Parents have faced unprecedented stress during the pandemic as they care for children while juggling paid work from home.
Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2020
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The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), in place in over half of all US states, are estimated to help lift 5.6 million out of poverty, yet gaps remain, according to new data published today to LawAtlas.org.
Economics & Business
Oct 29, 2020
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To understand the importance of early-life attachment to mothers and how it affects the likelihood of success across generations, we can learn a lot from monkeys, say scientists.
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2020
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Researchers observed three chimpanzee communities of the Tai National Park. They kept full demographic records and collected fecal samples to conduct paternity tests on all new community members, for up to 30 years. Catherine ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 18, 2020
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Sasha Smith was out of work and battling throat cancer when, on Aug. 29, 2005, the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina began to lap against her home in Orleans Parish. The young mother clutched her 2-year-old son Alex and fled ...
Social Sciences
Sep 11, 2020
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One in four puppies in the UK may be being acquired before the recommended minimum age—a figure that is considerably higher than what has been reported before—suggests research published in the latest edition of Vet Record.
Veterinary medicine
Aug 6, 2020
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When COVID-19 forced schools and daycares to shut down and millions of Americans to transition to working from home, some suggested the pandemic might equalize certain aspects of gender equality as men increased their household ...
Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2020
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One of the critically endangered gorillas in the New Orleans' zoo is expecting her first baby, and already is being trained with a "doll" to hold her future offspring.
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2020
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The offspring of older mothers don't fare as well as those of younger mothers, in humans and many other species. They aren't as healthy, or they don't live as long, or they have fewer offspring themselves. A longstanding ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 2, 2020
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