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Five common misconceptions about women and entrepreneurship

Women entrepreneurs are essential for the Canadian economy, a fact recognized by the government's Women Entrepreneurship Strategy. This strategy was launched in 2018 and has seen nearly $7 billion be put toward supporting ...

Report sheds light on human rights abuses worldwide

In the last quarter century, most countries around the world have failed to adequately protect the human rights of their citizens. In that time, nations' efforts to protect human rights have been stagnant—with the number ...

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The rise of the micro-influencer on social media
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Internet use in adults over age 50 linked to better mental health
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Study explores the effectiveness of honesty oath for reducing dishonest behaviors
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Majority of clothes being donated are exported or discarded: Study calls for city fashion waste shakeup
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R sounds are rough, and L sounds are smooth: Cross-cultural study finds these associations may be universal
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Parents lie to children all the time—but they should think twice about it
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School social workers an underutilized resource as mental health challenges in children sees increase
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School break means more drink spiking warnings—why is the burden still on women to stay safe?
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Idea thieves tend to target early concepts, experiments find
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'Will you buy fewer plastic bottles?' A simple question can change our behavior
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Why people would rather clean the toilet than check their bank balance—and the spending problems this leads to
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Employment outcomes study finds women veterans weathered pandemic lockdowns better than men
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Virtual reality could be gamechanger in police-civilian crisis encounters
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Study finds 90% of drink spiking goes unreported in UK
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Australian women are still being paid almost $30,000 a year less than men and the gap widens with age
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Report shows disparity in views of child participation in community services
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Study reveals how caregiving for loved ones shapes lives of Cleveland's chronically homeless
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I've studied organizational failure for decades—the Church of England needs more than a new leader
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When picking schools, don't get stuck on single-sex vs. co-ed—ask whether all students supported and included
Archaeology
Hunter-gatherer study helps explain how children have learned for 99% of human history

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Space Exploration
Earth bids farewell to its temporary 'mini moon' that is possibly a chunk of our actual moon
Archaeology
Genetic evidence points to distinct Viking settlers of the Faroe Islands and Iceland
Plants & Animals
Slender-billed Curlew may be extinct, marking the disappearance of a third bird species from the Western Palaearctic
Earth Sciences
Man scouring Google Earth found a mysterious scar in the Australian outback. Now we know what caused it
Astronomy
WEAVE spectrograph uncovers dual nature of galaxy shock
Environment
Scientists seek miracle pill to stop methane cow burps
General Physics
Extending classical black hole inequalities into the quantum realm
Plants & Animals
First successful test of wild minke whales reveals they have ultrasonic hearing
Other
Saturday Citations: Sweaty, remarkable humans; ocean level rise projections; closeup of a star in another galaxy
Analytical Chemistry
Sustainable method can electrosynthesize important chemical for synthetic rubber production
Astrobiology
Ryugu asteroid sample rapidly colonized by terrestrial life despite strict contamination control
Astrobiology
Oldest direct evidence of hot water activity on Mars found
Astronomy
2 million mph galaxy smash-up seen in unprecedented detail
Evolution
Gene regulation study reports surprising results: Extensive regions of DNA belong to multiple gene switches
General Physics
Accessing the lesser known nucleon: New neutron measurement can help physicists learn about nucleon structure and spin
Biochemistry
Natural substance from edible cyanobacterium could combat skin aging by enhancing collagen
Molecular & Computational biology
'e-Drive': New gene drive reverses insecticide resistance in pests... then disappears
Archaeology
Earliest fish-trapping facility in Central America discovered in Maya lowlands
Paleontology & Fossils
Fossil discovery reveals giant worm lizard with snail-cracking jaws
Condensed Matter
Discovery of van Hove singularities could lead to novel materials with desirable quantum properties

BeReal: The attention war on social media

During a vocational training class one morning, the teacher was discussing the possible solutions to a problem with her students when a notification signal suddenly rang out from a mobile phone. A student took his device ...