The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and magnified migrant and refugee communities' difficulties in accessing social and legal services in Victoria, a new report has found.
Social Sciences
Nov 17, 2023
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Some individual animals are prone to social isolation, new research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2017
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As coronavirus forces us to isolate, some news outlets are suggesting now is the ideal time to bring a dog into your life. But the current changes have some far-reaching implications for dogs of all ages, and especially for ...
Veterinary medicine
Apr 2, 2020
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Keeping in touch via video, phone and instant messaging was little help in preventing a rise in people's anxiety and depression during the pandemic lockdowns, a major new U.K. study has found.
Social Sciences
May 23, 2023
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The type of poverty children are born into and how long they remain in that situation has an impact on early childhood outcomes, including school readiness.
Education
May 22, 2019
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New research involving Nottingham Trent University (NTU) has found that during periods of limited face-to-face contact, such as that experienced by most people during COVID-19 lockdowns, digital contact is particularly harmful ...
Social Sciences
Dec 9, 2021
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It's a skin disorder that makes life miserable for around 800 million teenagers and adults worldwide, but Australian scientists may have found an effective treatment for acne, delivered via tiny nanoparticles.
Bio & Medicine
Sep 14, 2023
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Female mice exhibit a strong drive to socialize with other females following periods of acute isolation, significantly increasing their production of social calls that are akin to human emotional vocalizations, new Cornell ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 2, 2021
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The film Robot and Frank imagined a near-future where robots could do almost everything humans could. The elderly title character was given a "robot butler" to help him continue living on his own. The robot was capable of ...
Robotics
Nov 26, 2018
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With thousands of schools and preschools closed and many states under "stay-at-home" orders to try to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, families are facing a tough situation: trying to work—possibly remotely—while ...
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2020
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