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Social Sciences Feb 2, 2023

When critical thinking isn't enough: To beat information overload, we need to learn 'critical ignoring'

The web is an informational paradise and a hellscape at the same time.

Social Sciences Jan 31, 2023

Expert discusses the past, present and future of legalized sports betting

For many fans, sports betting is most associated with the glare of television screens broadcasting every sporting event imaginable in a glitzy casino in Las Vegas—for decades, one of the only places in the U.S. where spectators ...

Social Sciences Jan 27, 2023

Disabled people were Holocaust victims, excluded from German society and murdered by Nazi programs

When Dominic Perrottet admitted to wearing a Nazi uniform to his 21st birthday party, he apologized to Jews and veterans—but not to the other groups who were persecuted by the Nazis, including disabled people.

Astronomy Jan 26, 2023

Researchers measure boron flux in high-energy cosmic rays with the CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET)

Cosmic rays (CR) constitute high-energy particles that mainly originate outside our solar system. These primary CR interact with interstellar matter to produce secondary CR. The secondary nature of their origin is reflected ...

Archaeology Jan 24, 2023

New poem by famed early American poet Phillis Wheatley discovered

A University at Albany professor has discovered the earliest known full-length elegy by famed poet Phillis Wheatley (Peters), widely regarded as the first Black person, enslaved person and one of the first women in America ...

Archaeology Jan 24, 2023

Unearthing the archaeological passing of time at Lagash, a site in southern Iraq

When Holly Pittman and colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania and University of Pisa returned to Lagash in the fall of 2022 for a fourth season, they knew they'd find more than ceramic fragments and another kiln. ...

Social Sciences Jan 12, 2023

Why are women opting out of marriage around the world?

News headlines such as "Why More Women Are Choosing to Stay Single Now," "Craving Freedom, Japan's Women Opt Out of Marriage," "Nearly Half of Canadians Feel "Marriage is Simply Not Necessary,'" and "Chileans are Marrying ...

Social Sciences Jan 10, 2023

Poetry and meditation power enhanced qualitative data analysis

A new study reveals that 'poetic meditation' can enhance qualitative data analysis by offering researchers improved sensory experience and an ability to approach data analysis from unexpected directions.

Archaeology Jan 9, 2023

Long before Silicon Valley, scholars in ancient Iraq created an intellectual hub that revolutionised science

Time and again, collaboration has proven to be a key driver of scientific and technological innovation. So it follows that some of the greatest advances have come from intellectual hubs set up for this very purpose.

Social Sciences Jan 9, 2023

The online 'hierarchy of credibility' that fuels influencers like Andrew Tate

The arrest of influencer Andrew Tate in Romania on charges of sex trafficking and sexual abuse will do little to deter his supporters. For some time now, those outside his sphere of influence have looked on bemused as to ...

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