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Melting ice patch in Norway reveals large collection of ancient arrows
A team of researchers affiliated with a host of institutions in Norway and one in the U.K., has unveiled their findings after collecting and studying a very large number of ancient arrows they found near a melting ice patch ...
Being good at your job won't stop age discrimination
How old you are could be more important to some employers than your experience, or your capacity to do the job—particularly for older candidates. That was the conclusion of research my colleagues and I recently published ...
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Delivery rider deaths highlight need to make streets safer for everyone
Five food-delivery cyclists have died on Australian roads in the past three months, four in Sydney. Most commentary has focused on the harsh employment conditions that force people to take risks they shouldn't have to. These ...
Social Sciences
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The UK government's COVID spending may lead to inflation
The UK government is spending an enormous amount on COVID-19 - supporting the health service, helping to relieve the suffering of those who have lost their incomes, and helping businesses keep afloat.
Economics & Business
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Neanderthal thumbs better adapted to holding tools with handles
Neanderthal thumbs were better adapted to holding tools in the same way that we hold a hammer, according to a paper published in Scientific Reports. The findings suggest that Neanderthals may have found precision grips—where ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 26, 2020
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Museum to record Londoners' COVID dreams
The Museum of London on Thursday announced a project to collect the dreams of Londoners during the coronavirus pandemic as a way to document the impact of the crisis.
Other
Nov 26, 2020
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Pandemic postpones national math, reading tests until 2022
National reading and math tests long used to track what U.S. students know in those subjects are being postponed from next year to 2022 over concerns about whether testing would be feasible or produce valid results during ...
Education
Nov 26, 2020
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Strewth! Are Aussies the world's most virulent swearers?
Australians are a nation of creative expletive users who take pride in bad language as part of their cultural identity.
Social Sciences
Nov 26, 2020
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Forensic linguists can make or break a court case. So who are they and what do they do?
If you're an avid viewer of crime shows, you've probably come across cases in which an expert, often a psychologist, is called in to help solve a crime using their language analysis skills.
Other
Nov 26, 2020
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Forming beliefs in a world of filter bubbles
Why do so many Republicans still believe that the recent US presidential election was fraudulent? Is it possible to reach coronavirus deniers with factual arguments? A study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for ...
Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2020
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Bird with tall, sickle-shaped beak reveals hidden diversity during the age of dinosaurs
A Cretaceous-age, crow-sized bird from Madagascar would have sliced its way through the air wielding a large, blade-like beak and offers important new insights on the evolution of face and beak shape in the Mesozoic forerunners ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 25, 2020
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Ancient blanket made with 11,500 turkey feathers
The ancient inhabitants of the American Southwest used around 11,500 feathers to make a turkey feather blanket, according to a new paper in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. The people who made such blankets ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 25, 2020
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Water-to-land transition in early tetrapods
The water-to-land transition is one of the most important and inspiring major transitions in vertebrate evolution. And the question of how and when tetrapods transitioned from water to land has long been a source of wonder ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 25, 2020
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X-ray diffraction reveals details inside mummies without having to open them up
A trio of researchers from Northwestern University, Metropolitan State University of Denver and Argonne National Laboratory has found that using X-ray diffraction on mummies makes it possible to see inside the wrappings without ...
Prehistoric mega-shark raised its young in nurseries: study
The largest sharks ever to have roamed the oceans parked their young in shallow, warm-water nurseries where food was abundant and predators scarce until they could assume their title as kings and queens of the sea.
Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 25, 2020
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Springer Nature announces plan for gold open access options for Nature journals
Publisher Springer Nature has announced an open access option for researchers wishing to have their papers published as Gold OA when submitting to Nature and 32 of the Nature primary research journals published by the company. ...
Bank-affiliated funds contribute to funding their parent banks in times of crisis
A study published recently in the journal Review of Financial Studies by the researchers Javier Gil-Bazo, Sergio Mayordomo and Peter Hoffmann, shows clear evidence that in Spain, bank-affiliated funds provided funding support ...
Economics & Business
Nov 25, 2020
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High achievement cultures may kill students' interest in math—especially for girls
A new study in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that high national math achievement combined with societal pressures may contribute to how well girls and boys like math. Past research has shown that achievement-driven cultures ...
Education
Nov 25, 2020
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This type of sexual harassment on campus often goes overlooked
When the #MeToo movement gained momentum in 2017, it exposed widespread sexual harassment in the workplace, and academia was no exception. Yet the COVID-19 pandemic has dimmed the spotlight on this issue in higher education ...
Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2020
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The importance of well planned stores and physical meeting places
Black Friday and Christmas are approaching—it's the time of year when many people gather in stores and other physical meeting places. To be able to handle this, it's important to understand why people are attracted to these ...
Social Sciences
Nov 25, 2020
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