Economic redistribution has been a core political dispute around the world for centuries. And while intuitively fairness seems a natural explanation for why people support redistribution, researchers at UC Santa Barbara find ...
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2017
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748
A psychological intervention implemented to help students cope and learn more in a tough statistics course did more than just help them in the class, a new study found.
Mathematics
Jul 12, 2017
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Dogs are one of the most common household pets in the world, so it's curious that we know relatively little about their cognitive abilities when we know so much about the abilities of other animals, from primates to cetaceans. ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 24, 2016
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538
Organizations have logos, sports teams have mascots, countries have flags and national anthems. In marketing plans and political campaigns, a good logo is considered an essential tool for building brand identity.
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2016
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325
Had the "learn'd astronomer's" charts and theorems inspired the 19th century writer Walt Whitman as much as strolling under the nighttime sky, Whitman might have become an astrophysicist instead of a stargazing poet.
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2016
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31
Mouse fathers under psychological stress were more likely to have offspring with high blood sugar compared to their unstressed counterparts. In a study appearing February 18 in Cell Metabolism, researchers link this difference ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 18, 2016
2
740
Students who trace certain maths problems with a finger are able to solve them more quickly and easily, University of Sydney research shows.
Social Sciences
Jan 29, 2016
0
76
Understanding fractions is a critical mathematical ability, and yet it's one that continues to confound a lot of people well into adulthood. New research finds evidence for an innate ratio processing ability that may play ...
Social Sciences
Jan 12, 2016
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696
"And how does that make you feel? Empathy is the foundation of therapeutic intervention. But how can you know if your therapist is or will be empathetic? Technology developed by researchers from USC, University of Washington, ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 2, 2015
1
251
New research using advanced computer modeling sheds light on how behaviors may become "contagious" in large groups, showing that the memory of one individual can indirectly influence that of another via shared social connections. ...
Social Sciences
Nov 16, 2015
0
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