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Bronze Age cemetery reveals history of a high-status woman and her twins
Ancient urn graves contain a wealth of information about a high-ranking woman and her Bronze Age Vatya community, according to a study published July 28, 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Claudio Cavazzuti from ...
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A group's moral values may help determine the likelihood of hate-motivated harmful acts
From attacks on synagogues and mosques to the COVID-era spike in anti-Asian sentiment, the past couple of years, unfortunately, have seen no shortage of acts of hatred.
Social Sciences
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National parochialism widespread, worldwide
In our globalized world, cooperation between citizens of different countries should actually be a matter of course. But around the world, people prefer to cooperate with their own fellow citizens rather than with foreigners. ...
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Religious people have fewer children in secular countries
A country's cultural values, social norms and policies influence how many children people have—particularly among the religious, new Cornell research shows.
Social Sciences
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How race affects judgements of software developers' work
Researchers have found that the perceived race and ethnicity of a software developer based on their online name may determine how their open-source software projects are judged by others.
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Low upward mobility linked to early mortality
Upward mobility—the capacity to improve one's socioeconomic status—is key to realizing the American dream of a long, prosperous, and happy life, Yale researchers say. In a new study, they found a strong relationship between ...
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Couples who disagree on savings and investment decisions are twice as likely to divorce
While it is well known that fighting over money can lead couples to divorce court, new research from the University of California San Diego's Rady School of Management finds that differences in risk preferences, especially ...
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Violence against children carries a huge cost for Africa: Governments must act urgently
Every day, millions of children experience violence in one form or another. It is a global problem that cuts across color, class, educational status, income, ethnicity and origin.
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Social media study guides risk-reduction videogame for Black teen girls
To support the development of a multiplayer risk-reduction videogame for Black teen girls, researchers at Yale conducted a study that sheds light on the social media habits of these teens in evaluating and choosing potential ...
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What organizations get wrong about interruptions at work
It comes as no surprise that being interrupted at work by other people can have negative effects, like lowered productivity. But a study shows an upside to these interruptions at work: increased feelings of belonging.
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Lessons from segregated schools can help make today's classrooms more inclusive
The intent of school desegregation is clear: Black and white children should attend the same schools, and Black children should not be relegated to inferior buildings, learning materials and extracurricular activities.
Education
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Typeface decisions grow in importance as a political branding tool
A recent study by Northeastern professor Katherine Haenschen, who researches the intersection of digital media and politics, explores the role of fonts in political branding.
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Distinguishing genuine patterns from simple human misperceptions
Does the universe follow patterns, or do we humans just see them wherever we look? In a new paper for the Australasian Journal of Philosophy, SFI Program Postdoctoral Fellow Tyler Millhouse proposes a criterion evaluating ...
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COVID-19-related xenophobia
A lot of entirely unwarranted anti-Asian sentiment in the U.S. and elsewhere has emerged on social media since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which had its original source in Wuhan, China, but is a global problem ...
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Kids' love for video games can improve classroom learning, study finds
Kids' love for video games should be harnessed by teachers to improve classroom learning, new Australian research has found.
Education
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How can leaders create trust when the information keeps changing?
The key to creating trust in leadership is being clear in your communication—even when you don't have all the answers, says a UNSW Business School expert.
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Media pluralism study highlights influence of the pandemic
The Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM2021), released by the European University Institute, highlights the influence the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the media landscape in European countries.
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Chile's ancient mummies added to UN heritage list
Chile's Chinchorro mummies, the oldest in the world to have been purposefully preserved by humans, were added to UNESCO's World Heritage List on Tuesday.
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Political discussions focused on consensus more comfortable, less divisive for students
A new study found more U.S. high school students felt respected in a political discussion designed as a deliberation—where the goal was to reach consensus—than in a group debate, and their views also moved closer toward ...
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Oral biome change during shift from foraging to farming not as dramatic as in recent years
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Italy, the US and Austria has found that changes to the human oral biome during the shift from foraging to farming were not nearly as dramatic as those that have ...
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