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Archaeologists investigate a feared young woman's 17th century vampiric grave in Poland
In 2022, excavations at a cemetery in Pień, Poland, led by researchers from the Institute of Archaeology at Nicolaus Copernicus University, led to a mysterious discovery. In what they call Grave 75, they uncovered the 400-year-old ...
Bright people know more about wine: How higher intelligence is reflected in deep domain knowledge
Intelligent people tend to perform better at school and at work, as numerous studies have shown. But what happens in domains where incentives such as good grades or financial rewards don't apply and where socioeconomic status ...
Social Sciences
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Rare medieval manuscript fragments reveal Guernsey's lost literary history
Seventeen medieval manuscript fragments have been identified in Guernsey with support from Kent manuscript expert Dr. David Rundle, offering an unprecedented insight into the island's literary and intellectual life during ...
Archaeology
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Expert pieces together puzzle from fragments of 1,600-year-old Roman text
A Roman law expert at the University of Cincinnati edited and translated a Latin legal text he pieced together from fragments that surprisingly survived in the Egyptian sands for more than 1,600 years. What's less surprising? ...
Archaeology
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Animation boosts willingness to adopt airborne disease precautions, study finds
Even as the scientific community has reached a broad consensus that infectious pathogens, such as viruses, can spread through virus-laden aerosols, one fundamental challenge remains: How can scientific evidence be transformed ...
Social Sciences
10 hours ago
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How people treat you may shape your reputation and stabilize cooperation
When one person helps, or refuses to help, another in public, this may change not only the provider's reputation but also the recipient's. A theoretical study led by Kobe University offers a simple explanation for how cooperation ...
Social Sciences
19 hours ago
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Chatbots are making our writing more similar but losing the identity and personality behind it
Large language models (LLMs) are making writing styles more similar without changing the overall meaning, according to an analysis of more than 880,000 texts across different writing types published in Nature Human Behaviour. ...
Social Sciences
19 hours ago
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AI financial advice can improve decisions or steer investors wrong, experiment finds
To what extent can AI improve our financial decisions or steer us in the wrong direction? Researchers at the University of Bayreuth investigated this question in a new study involving 3,700 participants and fictional investment ...
Economics & Business
20 hours ago
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'Buy now, pay later' may reshape retail prices, inventory, research finds
"Buy now, pay later" plans—which allow consumers to split purchases into a handful of interest-free installments—have become a common way for Americans to pay for everything from furniture to groceries. New research from ...
Economics & Business
14 hours ago
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How to win shares and influence fast-food market: Warm and fuzzy can't cut it
New research from QUT challenges a common assumption in social media marketing: For fast-food brands, social media posts that signal expertise and competence are shared more often than those focused on warmth and friendliness.
Social Sciences
13 hours ago
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Finns may live to 80 or 85, but productive healthy years average 43 to 46
For the first time in Finland, population-level norm values have been established for estimating life expectancy adjusted for health-related functional capacity and productivity. The new study provides Finnish norm values ...
Social Sciences
9 hours ago
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Learning to lead: Navigating competing expectations helps new managers build stronger teams
Becoming a team leader doesn't just mean taking on more responsibility. It means learning to navigate competing expectations.
Economics & Business
15 hours ago
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The real reasons you procrastinate—and how to stop, according to science
Faced with a task or project, do you repeatedly tell yourself that you'll do it "tomorrow," "soon" or "after watching just a few more videos"?
Social Sciences
18 hours ago
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Can laws make social media safer for young people?
From TikTok bans and age verification requirements to media literacy lessons in schools, U.S. states are exploring a wide range of strategies to protect young people online.
Social Sciences
17 hours ago
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Brazilians are MacGyver-ing their way around traditional markets
Life hacks are everywhere on social media—people reuse everyday materials and objects to create ingenious solutions to common problems and needs.
Social Sciences
19 hours ago
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Left‑handed people tend to be left‑leaning voters
Political preferences are generally explained by income, age and level of education. However, our research suggests that a far more unexpected trait may also have a hand in how we vote. A survey carried out in 18 western ...
Political science
19 hours ago
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Workplace social media reduces staff turnover, study finds
Social media used inside organizations may help engage employees and increase staff retention, according to a paper in the International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies that examined this phenomenon in China. Employee ...
Economics & Business
12 hours ago
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Families bear hidden costs of finding safety
Led by La Trobe University, the research sheds light on a largely overlooked question in response to family violence: What does it cost families to become safe?
Social Sciences
20 hours ago
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Does heavy social media use damage your family's relationship?
Children glued to their phones all day? Parents spending hours scrolling? The positive (and slightly surprising) news is that while social media may not be the most meaningful way to spend your time, it is not necessarily ...
Social Sciences
21 hours ago
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Can AI replace traditional language learning? A new study says not yet
When university students set out to learn English as an additional language, it's not just about internalizing a new list of words; they also have to learn common word combinations.
Social Sciences
22 hours ago
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