A trio of researchers at Saint Joseph University's Department of Psychology has found that female California mice take longer to mate with a new partner after the loss of their monogamous mate than do males. In their paper ...
Social scientists have had a longstanding fixation on moral character, demographic information, and socioeconomic status when it comes to analyzing crime and arrest rates. The measures have become traditional markers used ...
Social Sciences
May 21, 2021
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Exposure to a chemical found in the weed killer Roundup and other glyphosate-based herbicides is significantly associated with preterm births, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Environment
May 20, 2021
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Sperm are generally viewed as having just one action in reproduction—to fertilize the female's egg—but studies at the University of Adelaide are overturning that view.
Cell & Microbiology
May 17, 2021
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Crime has dropped since 1990, but not for the reasons some might think, according to a new study. Research from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin suggests crime reduction efforts account ...
Social Sciences
May 11, 2021
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When access to free and low-cost birth control goes up, the percentage of young women who leave high school before graduating goes down by double-digits, according to a new CU Boulder-led study published May 5 in the journal ...
Social Sciences
May 5, 2021
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Frequent use of exemptions may undermine public health protections of oil and gas setback policies, according to a new study led by researchers at the research institute PSE Healthy Energy, Harvard University, and Nicholas ...
Environment
Apr 28, 2021
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Tarik Benmarhnia didn't plan on ending up here, in an office overlooking the pier at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. As a young student in France, he started out studying environmental engineering, with ...
Environment
Apr 23, 2021
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Something big is happening with babies in Chile—and it's at the heart of a unique study into what it means to be born to married versus unmarried parents.
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2021
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Human childbirth is comparatively difficult because our babies' heads are large relative to our birth canals. This tight 'fetopelvic' fit increases the risk of obstructed labor, which in turn has potentially dire outcomes ...
Evolution
Apr 13, 2021
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