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Research shows preference for male children is declining in Bangladesh
Research from the University of Kent has demonstrated a decline in 'son preference' by women of childbearing age in Bangladesh. However, the study also shows that fertility decisions are still influenced according to son ...
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The influence and importance of language
In the hours immediately following the events at the United States Capitol on Jan. 6, no one quite knew how to describe what had happened. It wasn't simply because nothing like it had occurred in a century, but also because ...
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Navigating uncertainty: Why we need decision theory during a pandemic
During a pandemic, decisions have to be made under time pressure and amid scientific uncertainty, with potential disagreements among experts and models. With COVID-19, especially during the first wave, there was uncertainty ...
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Rethink immigration policy for STEM doctorates
A streamlined process for awarding green cards to international STEM doctoral students graduating from U.S. universities could benefit American innovation and competitiveness, including leveling the field for startups eager ...
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Jan 21, 2021
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When football clubs are less successful, fans are more loyal to each other
Football fans tend to be highly loyal to their group, just as the kin groups of our ancestral past would have been. This intense state of belonging, when a person feels as one with their group, is called identity fusion.
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Jan 21, 2021
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Lockdown 3: Stricter rules could lead to more vulnerable people going missing
In non-pandemic times, a person goes missing every 90 seconds in the UK, either intentionally, accidentally or because they are forced to. While many missing people are found quickly or return voluntarily, some do come to ...
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Jan 21, 2021
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Conflict and environment: Building sustainable democracies
In the face of ongoing conflict and environmental degradation, how might a nation, such as Nigeria, build a democracy that might be sustained? That is the question addressed by work published in the International Journal ...
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Jan 21, 2021
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What happens in communities during large-scale quarantines
Early in the pandemic, many nurses in Wuhan, China, cut their hair short or shaved their heads in an effort to reduce transmission of the COVID-19 virus. At the same time, groups of volunteers supported Wuhan residents sequestered ...
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Jan 21, 2021
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Americans want government to address COVID-19 above all else, survey finds
Headed into 2021, COVID-19 tops the list of Americans' priorities for government to address. Health care, in general, and economic issues continue to be high on the public's agenda as well. Compared to prior years, Americans ...
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Jan 21, 2021
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Men shared more equally in housework early in pandemic, study reveals
COVID-19 continues to fundamentally disrupt our way of life, and many observers are concerned about its current and long-term impacts on gender equality.
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Jan 21, 2021
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How clicks on a job platform can reveal bias
Scientists at ETH Zurich have leveraged big data from recruitment platforms and machine learning to study hiring discrimination. They show that discrimination against immigrants depends, among other things, on the time of ...
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Jan 21, 2021
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Describing the worldviews of the new 'tech elite'
The new tech elite share distinct views setting them apart from other segments of the world's elite more generally, according to a study published January 20, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Hilke Brockmann from ...
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Jan 20, 2021
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Success is all about making social connections—or is it?
There's a common adage that knowing the right people holds the secret to wealth and success. The flip side of that, however, is reminiscent of the country song, "Friends in Low Places": Sometimes social connections can prove ...
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Jan 20, 2021
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Even one arrest can delay a millennial's entry into homeownership, study shows
Getting arrested even once can keep a millennial from buying a home as quickly as peers with no arrest history, according to new research from a Rice University sociologist.
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Jan 20, 2021
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Family matters: Why people can hold political views that disadvantage their own sex
The views of women and men can differ on important gendered issues such as abortion, gender equity and government spending priorities. Surprisingly, however, average differences in sex on this front are usually small. Many ...
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Jan 20, 2021
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Research: Masculine offices add to the burden of female office workers during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all aspects of life, including the lives of female workers.
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Jan 20, 2021
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Even a small amount of gender bias in hiring can be costly to employers
Tiny amounts of gender bias in employee hiring decisions contribute to concerning rates of discrimination and productivity losses that together represent significant costs, financial and otherwise, for employers, a new study ...
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Jan 19, 2021
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Nostalgia ain't what it used to be
Exploiting nostalgia is a well-worn emotive approach to enticing customers to purchase a product or service. New work in the International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Retailing, has looked at how a person's character ...
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Jan 19, 2021
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UN disaster aid is driven by humanitarian need rather than by strategic donor interests
A new study published in PNAS finds that aid provided by the United Nations (UN) in the aftermath of climate-related disasters is driven by humanitarian need rather than by strategic donor interests. The results underline ...
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Jan 19, 2021
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Longer, stricter lockdowns most effective, economist finds
Queen's researcher Christopher Cotton is one of the authors of "Building the Canadian Shield," an approach that says a longer lockdown will save more lives and cost less economically.
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Jan 19, 2021
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