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Study finds elites' offshore asset strategies shaped by home country governance
Billionaires, oligarchs, and other members of the uber-rich, known as "elites," are notorious for the use of offshore financial systems to conceal their assets and mask their identities. Understanding the transnational offshore ...
Economics & Business
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Tears seen as more honest when shed by those least expected to cry, study suggests
A new study adds to evidence suggesting that people's perceptions of others' tears as sincere or manipulative likely depend on a variety of contextual factors. The findings suggest tears may be perceived as more honest when ...
Social Sciences
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Looking for meaningful romantic relationships? Start by diversifying your friendships and forgetting your wishlist
When you're looking for a relationship, chances are you'll start off with a wishlist for your ideal partner. Maybe someone who is attractive or wealthy, someone who likes the same movies and the outdoors. Seems like a solid ...
Social Sciences
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Expert finds access to high-paying jobs—not unequal pay for the same job—is the biggest driver of immigrant wage gaps
Immigrants in the United States earn 10.6% less than similarly educated U.S.-born workers, largely because they are concentrated in lower-paying industries, occupations and companies, according to a major new study published ...
Economics & Business
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Angels, witches, crystals and black cats: How supernatural beliefs vary across different groups in the US
Younger Americans are more likely to express belief in witchcraft and luck, as our new research shows in the journal Sociology of Religion.
Social Sciences
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AI can be your wingman when online dating, but should you let it?
Many dating app companies are enthusiastic about incorporating generative AI into their products. Whitney Wolfe Herd, founder of dating app Bumble, wants gen-AI to "help create more healthy and equitable relationships." In ...
Social Sciences
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How rising living costs are changing the way we date, live and love
If it feels like rising prices are affecting your dating life or friendships, you're not imagining it. Around the world, economic pressures are taking a significant toll on personal relationships.
Social Sciences
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What is peer review? The role anonymous experts play in scrutinizing research before it gets published
Reviewer 1: "This manuscript is a timely and important contribution to the field, with clear methodology and compelling results. I recommend publication with only minor revisions."
Education
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Study reveals 'significant disparities' for intersex people
New data reveals that intersex individuals—those born with physical variations of sex anatomy that don't align with typical notions of a female or male body—are much more likely to experience harassment, bullying, mental ...
Social Sciences
7 hours ago
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The secret to resolutions? Study suggests enjoying the pursuit, not the outcome
Each New Year, people set goals to lose weight, save money or learn a new skill. But as the months wear on, often those goals are long forgotten. Why is it so hard to stick with resolutions?
Social Sciences
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University students feel 'anxious, confused and distrustful' about AI in the classroom and among their peers
The advent of generative AI has elicited waves of frustration and worry across academia for all the reasons one might expect: Early studies are showing that artificial intelligence tools can dilute critical thinking and undermine ...
Education
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Vanishing data in the US undermines good public policy, with global implications
The recent tragic floods in Texas have focused attention on the human impact of the cuts to government infrastructure and services in the United States by Donald Trump's administration.
Social Sciences
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Women's reports of workplace abuse dismissed more than men's
Maybe you've been called "stupid" in a one-on-one, laughed at during a presentation or blatantly ignored in a group meeting. While these painful office incidents can happen to anyone, new research by an incoming University ...
Social Sciences
9 hours ago
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Brexit: Maintaining domestic focus, UK investors avoided European markets, study shows
After Brexit, London slowed down investments in Europe. While Europe continues to focus on the United Kingdom. A recent study in Research Policy, co-authored by Vincenzo Butticè, Annalisa Croce and Andrea Odille Bosio from ...
Economics & Business
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Scholar argues for move away from meritocracy in schools to redefine purpose of education
Education is the ultimate level playing field, where anyone who applies their individual talent and works hard can achieve the highest outcomes. Such is the ideal of meritocracy, the foundation of education and societies ...
Education
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Mexico education reforms largely endorsed, but concerns remain they could trigger teacher confusion, study shows
Educators endorse major curriculum reforms in Mexico but are concerned that increased autonomy could trigger confusion among teachers, a study shows.
Education
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Study reveals gendered language patterns in children's television across 60 years
A comprehensive study from NYU Abu Dhabi's Science Division analyzed scripts from nearly 7,000 episodes of children's TV shows in the United States spanning 1960 to 2018. It uncovered enduring biased patterns in how male ...
Social Sciences
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Genetic evidence casts doubt on early colonization timelines in Australia
Researchers at La Trobe University, Australia, and the University of Utah, U.S., report that recent DNA findings challenge claims of a 65,000-year-old human arrival in Sahul—the ancient paleocontinent that existed during ...
Lost English legend decoded, solving Chaucerian mystery and revealing a medieval preacher's meme
A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars, including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge scholars now believe the Song of Wade, a long-lost treasure of English culture, was a chivalric ...
Archaeology
Jul 15, 2025
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Did beer build civilization? Alcohol's influence on ancient societies examined
People have been getting drunk for millennia. Historical records show that alcohol was an integral part of many early civilizations, from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to ancient Greece, China, and the Mayan and Inca empires.
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2025
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