Americans consistently believe that poor African Americans are more likely to move up the economic ladder than they actually are, a new study shows.
Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2021
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Entering an invisible doorway to catch a train at King's Cross station in London is a renowned fictional scene from the Harry Potter series. In recent decades, physicists have been trying to produce a similar effect by focusing ...
For patients who have inflammatory bowel syndrome (IBS), the condition is literally a pain in the gut. Chronic—or long-term—abdominal pain is common, and there are currently no effective treatment options for this debilitating ...
Biochemistry
Jun 23, 2021
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NIMS has developed a dual surface architectonic process which enables to print submicrometer-scale circuit patterns by increasing the chemical polarity of predetermined areas on surface, thereby promoting selective adhesion ...
Nanophysics
Jun 23, 2021
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When examining data regarding police officer–involved homicides, correlations to local data regarding race, income level and population density may seem obvious. But Brian Finch, professor (research) of sociology and spatial ...
Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2021
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Many of us are aware of the claim that humans can maintain no more than 150 friendships. That figure is called "Dunbar's number" after the evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar, who first introduced the idea three decades ...
Evolution
Jun 23, 2021
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Most animal groups populating our planet today appeared during the early Cambrian (by about 520 million years ago), establishing the animal-rich biosphere we still have today. Despite the biological importance of this time, ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 23, 2021
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As social media and other online networking sites have grown in usage, so too has trolling—an internet practice in which users intentionally seek to draw others into pointless and, at times, uncivil conversations.
Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2021
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A giant wave called recession arrived with COVID-19. But those surges will be followed by a bigger, even less manageable one—a devastating tsunami called climate change.
Environment
Jun 23, 2021
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Pairing blueberry pie with a scoop of ice cream is a nice summer treat. Aside from being tasty, this combination might also help people take up more of the superfruit's nutrients, such as anthocyanins. Researchers reporting ...
Other
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