Negative news coverage empowers collective action in minorities
When minorities perceive negative news about their racial ethnic groups as inaccurate, some believe they have the power to enact change.
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Kayakers find partially fossilized bear skull in Kansas
Two sisters have found a partially fossilized bear skull while kayaking the Arkansas River in south-central Kansas.
Archaeology & Fossils
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Can the design of a building improve the creative output of its occupants?
A ground-breaking study published in the September issue of the scholarly Creativity Research Journal found increased creativity in employees who worked in a building designed according to Maharishi Vastu architecture. In ...
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Adoption and fostering: Matching religion and ethnicity makes for happier families
There are around 75,000 children in England who live in care—73% of these children will be fostered and for 3% of these children adoption will be their route to a loving, safe and permanent home.
Social Sciences
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Mathematicians report way to facilitate problem solving in queueing theory
RUDN University mathematicians proved a theorem that will facilitate the solution of problems in queueing theory—a branch of mathematics that describes query chains, for example, in the service sector. These results can ...
Mathematics
Oct 18, 2019
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Oddness of Australian creatures goes way back
Australian creatures like the echidna and the koala are celebrated for their oddness. The fossil record shows that this oddity reaches far back into prehistory, as illustrated in the form of a fossil horseshoe crab found ...
Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 18, 2019
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What's behind surge in unaccompanied minors crossing southern U.S. border?
In 2010, just over 18,000 unaccompanied minors were detained by U.S. immigration authorities crossing the U.S-Mexico border. The number spiked to crisis levels in 2014, but then decreased. Now the numbers are rising again, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2019
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