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Economics & Business Jun 5, 2024

Study finds simple headlines attract more online news readers

The competition for online attention in today's news environment is fierce. High-quality news from credible sources must compete for attention with misinformation and a rapidly increasing amount of partisan content.

Environment Jun 5, 2024

UK cities need greener new builds—and more of them

Amid the growing local government bankruptcy crisis, as many as half of the local authorities in England and Wales might be forced to cut their green spaces budgets. The situation in Scotland and Northern Ireland is not much ...

Social Sciences Jun 3, 2024

Human culture is changing too fast for evolution to catch up—here's how it may affect you

Research is showing that many of our contemporary problems, such as the rising prevalence of mental health issues, are emerging from rapid technological advancement and modernisation. A theory that can help explain why we ...

Economics & Business Jun 2, 2024

Burnt out? How your employer can help you return to work for the better

The working world can be a pitiless one, as competition in the marketplace can put significant pressures on employees. Relentless deadlines, shrinking resources and shifting priorities all take their toll on employees' well-being ...

Veterinary medicine May 23, 2024

Caring for dogs with special needs

Special-needs dogs exist on a spectrum that may include those with physical impairments—such as missing, deformed, or paralyzed limbs; blindness; or deafness—with behavioral issues such as separation anxiety or situational ...

Social Sciences May 21, 2024

'How a healthy community should be': How music in youth detention can create new futures

Many young people in contact with the justice system come from backgrounds of extreme poverty, parental abuse or neglect, parental incarceration and disrupted education.

Environment Apr 24, 2024

Africa's megacities threatened by heat, floods, disease—action needed to start greening, adapt to climate change

Cities cover just 3% of the planet. But they emit 78% of all global greenhouse gas emissions, absorb 80% of final global energy (what consumers use) and consume 60% of clean drinking water.

Social Sciences Apr 17, 2024

Fluctuating coffee prices are putting mental pressure on Vietnamese farmers

While your invigorating morning coffee may become cheaper when there are large fluctuations in the world market price, they are a major additional psychological burden for the farmers who grow the coffee.

Social Sciences Apr 17, 2024

Higher density living is changing the way neighborhoods work in Canada

There is growing concern about people's unwillingness to get to know their neighbors. This concern is significant enough to have spurred research into what has been termed the "emerging asocial society"—one of the challenge ...

Economics & Business Apr 15, 2024

Lessons from South Australia's business recovery amidst bushfires and pandemic

New research has given insight into the resilience and recovery of businesses in two South Australian regions following a major bushfire event and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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