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Study finds coastal and rural areas in England less resilient
Coastal, rural and areas in the North of England are less able to withstand and recover from adverse events, according to new research which highlights regional disparities in community resilience.
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It's time to talk about how the media talks about sexual harassment
Sexual harassment is all too common in hospitality and tourism. One Australian survey found almost half of the respondents had been sexually harassed, compared to about one in three in workplaces more generally.
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Deleting your Facebook may increase your well-being but reduce your political knowledge
Amid widely shared concerns that social media makes people unhappy, spreads misinformation, and polarizes societies, researchers paid randomly selected participants to deactivate their Facebook accounts during an election, ...
Social Sciences
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Study of young African American men in US cities finds negative perspectives of community, few opportunities
Research has documented the many ways individuals' environments (e.g., community, neighborhood) affect their health. In a new study on gun ownership, researchers surveyed young African American men who lived in high-crime, ...
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Using AI to predict climate-driven migration
Despite climate-driven migration becoming more common, socioeconomic factors still play a crucial role in people's decisions to flee, according to a recent study. Research conducted at the University of Skövde, in collaboration ...
Social Sciences
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'Cajun Navy' hurricane search-and-rescue volunteers are forming long-lasting organizations
The volunteers who take part in search-and-rescue operations and then support disaster survivors belong to organizations that have become more formal and established over the past decade. That's what we found after spending ...
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'Overwhelmed, hopeless, crushed': Australian report reveals how housing crisis is reshaping young people's lives
Australia's housing crisis is severely impacting young people's safety, relationships, health and well-being, education, employment, and ability to plan for the future, according to new report launched in Canberra as part ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2024
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Transnational grief: Adding depth to Day of the Dead
Restricted by immigration laws, unauthorized immigrants in the United States face severe challenges, including the inability to visit family members left behind.
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2024
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Rage clicks: Study shows how political outrage fuels social media engagement
A Tulane University study explains why politically-charged content gets more engagement from those who disagree. Researchers found a "confrontation effect," where people are more likely to interact with content that challenges ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2024
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Three reasons why teachers should learn to meditate, and it's not (just) about well-being
There is growing evidence that mindfulness-based training programs may support teacher well-being and resilience. This clearly sounds like a good idea, in the current context of alarmingly high rates of teacher stress and ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2024
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Non-Indigenous businesses struggling to boost Indigenous staff numbers
Indigenous-owned businesses in Australia employ Indigenous staff at a rate 12 times higher than non-Indigenous-owned businesses, a new study from The Australian National University (ANU) has found.
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2024
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Carefully exposing children to more misinformation can make them better fact-checkers, study suggests
In an era when online misinformation is seemingly everywhere and objective facts are often in dispute, UC Berkeley psychologists in a new study have presented a somewhat paradoxical partial solution: Expose young children ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2024
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New research highlights the overlooked dangers of subtle and covert abuse in intimate relationships
New research from the University of East Anglia has uncovered a significant gap in understanding of a harmful form of domestic abuse known as subtle or covert abuse.
Social Sciences
Oct 9, 2024
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Children pay more attention to art when descriptions are playful and interactive, eye-tracking study finds
The description of a painting directly affects how children look at that artwork. This was discovered by psychologist Francesco Walker in the Rijksmuseum. Another finding of the study is that giving children information intended ...
Social Sciences
Oct 9, 2024
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Review of English-language textbooks from 34 countries reveals persistent pattern of stereotypical gender roles
Gender biases around male and female roles and under-representation of female characters appeared in textbooks from around the world, with male-coded words appearing twice as often as female-coded words on average, according ...
Social Sciences
Oct 9, 2024
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Study proposes a new bias: The tendency to assume one has adequate information to make a decision
New experimental data support the idea that people tend to assume the information they have is adequate to comprehend a given situation, without considering that they might be lacking key information. Hunter Gehlbach of Johns ...
Social Sciences
Oct 9, 2024
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Satellite data show massive bombs dropped in dangerous proximity to Gaza Strip hospitals in 2023
Satellite data on the proximity of hundreds of M-84 bomb craters to hospitals in the Gaza Strip suggest that, as of November 2023, hospitals were not being given special protection from indiscriminate bombing, as mandated ...
Social Sciences
Oct 9, 2024
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Q&A: 'Evacuating is a privilege.' Why some stay behind when hurricanes strike
Just two weeks after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and killed at least 230 people in its path, the southern state is bracing for another intense hurricane.
Social Sciences
Oct 9, 2024
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Are ideas contagious? How the structure of human-interaction networks affects spread of both illness and information
The COVID-19 pandemic gave the global medical community the opportunity to take giant strides forward in understanding how to develop vaccines and implement public health measures designed to control the spread of disease, ...
Mathematics
Oct 9, 2024
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The pitfalls of passion: How it can backfire at work—and what managers can do about it
When plotting their career trajectories, young professionals are often encouraged to follow their passion. And in the entrepreneurial world, passion is often seen as a key ingredient for success. But figures such as Elon ...
Social Sciences
Oct 9, 2024
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