Infants and toddlers may be psychologically wired to thrive with high levels of "sensitive care" and personal attention, according to a study conducted with contemporary hunter-gatherer societies.
Archaeology
Nov 13, 2023
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The vast majority of planets near foreign stars are discovered by astronomers with the help of sophisticated methods. The exoplanet does not appear in the image, but reveals itself indirectly in the spectrum. A team of scientists ...
Astronomy
Oct 2, 2020
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A loving bond between parents and their children early in life significantly increases the child's tendency to be "prosocial," and act with kindness and empathy towards others, research indicates.
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2023
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Philosophers seeking to answer questions around inequality in household labor and the invisibility of women's work in the home have proposed a new theory—that men and women are trained by society to see different possibilities ...
Social Sciences
Dec 22, 2022
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The ways parents show affection toward their children differ in different cultures. But children's reactions to rejection by a parent don't, reports a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut (UConn) and other ...
Social Sciences
Dec 20, 2021
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In an infinite universe, most scientists agree, the odds of life existing on a planet besides Earth are pretty high. It is unlikely, however, that familiar life forms will be found on any planet within our solar system. Life ...
Astronomy
May 9, 2016
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Astronomers have found a system of seven Earth-sized planets just 40 light-years away. They were detected as they passed in front of their parent star, the dwarf star TRAPPIST-1. Three of them lie in the habitable zone and ...
Astronomy
Feb 22, 2017
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Adolescents who have half-siblings with a different father are more likely to have used drugs and had sex by age 15 than those who have only full siblings. That's according to new research from Karen Benjamin Guzzo, an assistant ...
Social Sciences
Aug 11, 2013
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Researchers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet has a day side where temperatures climb above 2400 degrees Celsius, high enough ...
Astronomy
Mar 11, 2020
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Cat owners' personalities may be influencing the behaviour of their pets, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Feb 26, 2019
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