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Jails and prisons often fail to protect incarcerated people during natural disasters
The United States has almost 2 million people behind bars in prisons, jails and detention centers—the largest such population in any country. Although incarcerated people are locked away from the outside world, they are ...
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Building a diverse wildland fire workforce to meet future challenges
Every year around this time, California's wildland firefighters hold their breath as hot, dry winds threaten to spread flames across the state. As such conflagrations grow in size and severity throughout the Western U.S., ...
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Social media can turn household chores into profit—but are gender stereotypes making a comeback?
A study reveals a surprising transformation: as social media turns everyday household chores into profitable ventures, it may also be bringing back outdated gender stereotypes. Published in the Journal of Marketing Management, ...
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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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Decentralized social media 'increases citizen empowerment,' says study
Researchers from the Oxford Martin Program on Ethical Web and Data Architectures (University of Oxford) have reported findings from a paper exploring the motivations and challenges in running decentralized social media such ...
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We knew offshore detention was bad for mental health of those seeking asylum—our research shows exactly how bad
For more than a decade, mandatory offshore detention has been a cornerstone of Australia's strategy to deter people who arrive by boat to seek asylum. Then there's onshore detention where people without a valid visa are held ...
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Canada's immigration strategy: How reduced targets can preserve positive attitudes
The Government of Canada recently announced plans to lower immigration targets for the next three years. The new targets are 395,000 new permanent residents for 2025, 380,000 for 2026, and 365,000 for 2027.
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Dehumanizing child-free women in film and TV gives misogyny a stage
"When are you giving us grandkids?" and "You'll change your mind," are familiar lines heard by child-free women around the table at family dinner.
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Study links abortion access to women's economic outcomes
Access to safe, legal abortion can be a lifelong economic stratifier, according to a new analysis of a national database of adolescent health information.
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African voices in ink: Researcher uncovers letters from Igbo people
Who writes history? It depends on who you read. Dr. Bright Alozie of Portland State University considers himself a historian of ordinary voices. His newly published book explores petitions and the trend of petition writing ...
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Nov 11, 2024
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People with fewer resources seen as less trustworthy across cultures, research shows
Research appearing in Social Psychological and Personality Science identifies a widespread stereotype linking wealth to perceived trustworthiness across diverse cultures. The research, led by Mélusine Boon-Falleur from the ...
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Nov 11, 2024
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Financial anxiety leads to unnecessary Christmas shopping, say researchers
Christmas is approaching, and for many, economic stress is increasing. Paradoxically, this can lead us to purchase even more gifts. Recent research from the University of Skövde shows that financial anxiety and stress trigger ...
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Nov 11, 2024
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Great Britain lags behind Europe on restricting gambling marketing, new research shows
A new study, by the University of Bristol and Ipsos, adds to mounting evidence showing gambling marketing needs much stricter national regulation.
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Nov 11, 2024
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Gender inequality ingrained in global climate negotiations, say researchers
Climate governance is dominated by men, yet the health impacts of the climate crisis often affect women, girls, and gender-diverse people disproportionately, argue researchers ahead of the upcoming 29th United Nations Climate ...
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Nov 11, 2024
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Research shows gender, nationality enhance rivalry perceptions
When a competitor and opponent have a common identity that's relevant to a particular competition, it will increase their perception of rivalry and inspire them to try harder, according to new Cornell University research.
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Nov 11, 2024
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Researcher: The just energy transition ignores labor outside the formal economy. So is it just?
The just transition debate centers on how to move away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy systems while safeguarding working conditions, livelihoods, and economic and social rights of workers in industrial sectors.
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Nov 11, 2024
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Research shows stress about personal finances may make leaders abusive in workplace
New research from Colorado State University shows that workplace leaders who are financially stressed are more likely to be abusive toward their subordinates—particularly if the leader is a man.
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Nov 11, 2024
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What Strictly Come Dancing can teach us about how (and how not) to give feedback
Feedback is a big part of the Strictly Come Dancing experience. Every week, after performing their dance, each professional-celebrity couple waits breathlessly to hear what the four judges made of their routine. Will it be ...
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Nov 11, 2024
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Respecting children's philosophical wisdom
Adultism: a form of discrimination against anyone who isn't an adult. It stems from the belief that children—but also the elderly—are less capable and have less valid views because of misconceptions about their ability ...
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Nov 10, 2024
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In your face: our acceptance of facial recognition technology depends on who is doing it—and where
Facial recognition technology is becoming more widely used, but this has not been matched by wider acceptance from the public.
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Nov 9, 2024
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