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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 ...

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Study links abortion access to women's economic outcomes
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People with fewer resources seen as less trustworthy across cultures, research shows
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Financial anxiety leads to unnecessary Christmas shopping, say researchers
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Research shows gender, nationality enhance rivalry perceptions
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Gender inequality ingrained in global climate negotiations, say researchers
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Research shows stress about personal finances may make leaders abusive in workplace
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African voices in ink: Researcher uncovers letters from Igbo people
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What Strictly Come Dancing can teach us about how (and how not) to give feedback
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Great Britain lags behind Europe on restricting gambling marketing, new research shows
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Researcher: The just energy transition ignores labor outside the formal economy. So is it just?
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Respecting children's philosophical wisdom
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In your face: our acceptance of facial recognition technology depends on who is doing it—and where
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Kindness in academic workplaces tied to stronger institutional identity and well-being
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Systematic study of policy experiences can increase public support for new policies
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Treating bullying as everyone's problem reduces incidence in primary schools
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How prisons fall short in protecting the incarcerated from climate disasters
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Why the 'Housing First' approach has struggled to fulfill its promise of ending homelessness
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Friends act as family surrogates for unmarried African Americans
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Leading up to the election, Trump voters trusted friends and family over traditional media, survey finds
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Abortion did not play as big a role in the US election as many anticipated. What might happen on this issue now?

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Superconductivity
Experiment supports existence of a new type of superconductor
Archaeology
12,000-year old stones may be very early evidence of wheel-like technology
Earth Sciences
Climate scientists argue that 1000-year sequestration strategies must be used to meet climate goals
Astronomy
Observations explore icy protoplanetary disk of the star PDS 453
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Scientists identify flaw in astrophysics models of massive stars and supernovae
Astronomy
Discovery of three galactic 'red monsters' in early universe challenges current models of galaxy formation
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Colorado River basins could face tipping point, drought study warns
Ecology
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Evolution
Fossil teeth suggest a long childhood is the prelude to the evolution of a large brain
General Physics
CMS develops new AI algorithm to detect anomalies at the Large Hadron Collider
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Metagenomic profiling method with enhanced precision uses fewer computing resources
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Swift Observatory studies a pair of gas-churning monster black holes
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Barley pangenome study reveals diversity can arise after domestication
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How 'clean' does a quantum computing test facility need to be?
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The refrigerator as a harbinger of a better life

To get a good sense of a country's level of development, you need to look at the items people have in their homes, according to economists Rutger Schilpzand and Jeroen Smits from Radboud University.