The spread of a particular genre of music reflects the borders between medieval empires in Europe. This is shown by a study conducted by a musicologist at the University of Würzburg, appearing in Transactions of the International ...
Archaeology
Mar 12, 2026
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Gender differences in poverty rates in the United States may be associated with women's differing circumstances—particularly the burden of dependent children—rather than inherent to gender itself, according to a study ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2026
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Humans perceive emotional expressions displayed by non-human primates and spontaneously mimic these expressions, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS One by Ursula Hess from Humboldt University of ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2026
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In a new analysis, racial and ethnic disparities in fatal shootings of U.S. residents by police varied widely between states. Roland Neil of the RAND Corporation in California, U.S., and colleagues present these findings ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2026
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The news media is shaping reproductive narratives and stigma around childlessness, presenting it as a threat to national interests, a deviation from moral or cultural norms, as a risk and, sometimes, as a legitimate life ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2026
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Indigenous people in the United States are at higher risk of fatal police violence in and around American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) reservations, according to the first comprehensive national study on the subject from researchers ...
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2026
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The growing use of AI-generated scientific and science-related content, especially on social media, raises important concerns: these texts may contain false or highly persuasive information that is difficult for users to ...
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2026
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Social media influencers (SMIs) can perpetuate the flow of misinformation online because of the unique relationship they have with their followers, research led by Cardiff Business School finds. For an article published in ...
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2026
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Is your phone use hurting your relationship? A study from researchers at the University of Connecticut and Columbia University published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships suggests it might be.
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2026
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Companies increasingly want to talk about sustainability, but not everyone believes equally in their commitments. The focus of corporate communication has shifted towards sustainability in response to increasingly serious ...
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2026
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