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Just 5 minutes of training makes fake AI faces easier to spot
Five minutes of training can significantly improve people's ability to identify fake faces created by artificial intelligence, research published in the journal Royal Society Open Science shows.
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It's (not) a new bike! How to manage kids' gift expectations at Christmas
Holiday celebrations involving gift giving can be roller coasters. The excitement of tearing into gifts is often mixed with intense anticipation—and sometimes, disappointment.
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Dec 24, 2025
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Is democracy always about truth? Why we may need to loosen our views to heal our divisions
We find ourselves in the midst of a crisis of truth. Trust in public institutions of knowledge (schools, legacy media, universities and experts) is at an all-time low, and blatant liars are drawing political support around ...
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Dec 23, 2025
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Wealthy elite's private travel habits spark debate over climate and inequality
While millions of people make the effort to sort their recycling, buy fewer clothes and generally make greener choices, the world's wealthiest can emit the same amount of carbon as the average person does in a year by going ...
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Dec 23, 2025
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Why we sometimes avoid the truth and other times can't stop looking for it
A new study by Prof. Yaniv Shani of the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University and Prof. Marcel Zeelenberg of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences reveals a surprising insight into how we deal ...
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Dec 23, 2025
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There are countless reasons families have only one child—and they won't grow up to be selfish or spoiled
Are you a parent to one child? Or are you considering having a child in the future, and wondering about what your family size should be?
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Dec 23, 2025
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Should kids at least do a little bit of school work over the holidays?
As the summer holidays begin in Australia, parents may feel concerned their children will "forget how to spell their own names" during the long school break.
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Dec 23, 2025
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Violence against women and girls: 4 key takeaways from a strategy that aims to change society
As the UK government launches its violence against women and girls strategy, the situation it is seeking to remedy makes for hard reading.
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Dec 22, 2025
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Super Mario Bros. help fight burnout: Study links classic games to boosted happiness
A new study published by JMIR Serious Games reports that popular video games, such as the Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi games, may offer meaningful emotional benefits for young adults. The research, titled "Super Mario Bros. ...
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Dec 22, 2025
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Pimple patches have hidden our blemishes for hundreds of years—historian explains
You may have noticed people out and about with little stickers on their faces. Perhaps you've seen moons, stars, clouds or even smiley faces adorning people's cheeks and chins. Maybe you wear them yourself. While some people ...
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Dec 22, 2025
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Boosting workplace opportunities for vets
Despite the fact that the U.S. is home to over 15 million military veterans that make up more than 6% of the total workforce, little research is available about their quantitative impact on the economy.
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Dec 22, 2025
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Getting support for opening the 'Pandora's box' of DNA testing
In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.
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Dec 22, 2025
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Medieval peasants probably enjoyed their holiday festivities more than you do
When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the reality of the 1,000-year period from 500 to 1500 was much more complex. This is especially true ...
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Dec 22, 2025
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What makes goal-setting apps motivate—or backfire?
With the new year approaching, millions of people will turn to apps to help them get fit, save money or learn something new. Yet digital tools designed to help individuals achieve goals can sometimes backfire and actually ...
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Dec 22, 2025
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Smile and the world will trust you: How mimicry shapes first impressions
How does mimicry affect the way we judge other people? Whose behavior do we imitate, and in what situations? It turns out that we are more likely to mimic people who express joy, and we perceive those people as more attractive ...
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Dec 22, 2025
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Working in groups can help Republicans and Democrats agree on controversial content moderation online
Over half of Americans believe tech companies should take action to restrict extremely violent content on their platforms, according to Pew data, yet even trained content moderators consistently disagree in their decisions ...
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Dec 22, 2025
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Federal Earned Income Tax Credit has unexpected result, researchers say—it decreases domestic violence
Fifty years since the federal earned income tax credit went into effect and a team of researchers from UConn and City University of New York have identified an unintended benefit of the antipoverty program—a significant ...
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Dec 22, 2025
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Study shows the 2008 recession caused people to identify with a lower class
Class identity, which is how individuals view their economic and social positions in relation to others, has wide-ranging effects on people's well-being, thoughts, and behavior. Previous studies have shown that people who ...
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Dec 22, 2025
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Report calls on the UK banking industry to consider interventions that 'design out' economic abuse
Researchers have published the findings of a new study that brought together victim–survivors and banking professionals to co-design ways of preventing economic abuse in the U.K. banking industry.
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Dec 22, 2025
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Disciplinary confinement in prison does more harm than good
When prison inmates break the rules, they may be placed in solitary confinement—sometimes for 24, 48 or 72 hours. Although it is frequently criticized, disciplinary segregation is still widely used in Quebec's provincial ...
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Dec 21, 2025
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