A new study, led by the University of Nottingham and conducted across three countries, has identified a set of key childhood experiences that predict multiple measures of well-being in adulthood—including health, happiness, ...
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"Between the lines"—that's how we describe unspoken messages that the actual text may omit but that are conveyed, for example, through word choice or tone of voice. A research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Empirical ...
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Sep 30, 2026
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Communities across the country are debating the role mobile crisis response programs can play in emergency response. These programs typically take calls from 911 dispatchers involving mental health, substance use, welfare ...
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Sep 29, 2026
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A new study by an international research team provides the first systematic, cross-cultural comparison of how children help their peers. While previous research has mainly focused on how children help adults, often within ...
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Sep 29, 2026
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The use of racially discriminatory housing maps in the 1930s, a practice known as "redlining," perpetuated multigenerational cycles of poverty and segregation that continue today. While redlining shaped cities, its legacy ...
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Sep 25, 2026
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A widely held belief that women have more emotional intelligence than men does not hold up under scrutiny, according to a large study of research spanning three decades.
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Sep 24, 2026
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When Fan Yang's children came home complaining about a crafting class, they had a particularly strong advocate.
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Sep 23, 2026
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New research reveals retailers are losing money through two kinds of problematic returns: deliberate fraud and opportunistic abuse of generous return policies.
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Sep 23, 2026
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Previous accounts of the scientific relationship between communist China and the Soviet Union have depicted it as one of subordination, with the Russians exporting knowledge to the Chinese or scavenging from their bodies ...
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A new design methodology for school playgrounds is demonstrating how children can still enjoy their playtime while being protected from the harmful effects of the sun.
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