Most people think that empathy—the ability to put yourself in another person's shoes—is fixed, but it's not. Empathy can be taught. Research has shown that reading can help children develop empathy. Through reading, children ...
Social Sciences
Apr 19, 2023
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Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Germany and the United States have analyzed the metabolomes of humans, chimpanzees, and macaques in muscle, kidney, and three different brain regions. The team discovered that ...
Evolution
May 24, 2021
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Longevity genes that helped humans survive ancient airborne toxins may be the same genes that make humans resilient to pollution from fossil fuels and cigarette smoke today, according to a study published in the December ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 25, 2019
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The now infamous Google memo, written by engineer James Damore, has inflamed longstanding debates about the differences between women and men.
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2017
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All societies divide people into male or female. There is a biological truth behind this: different sex chromosomes (XY,XX). But could many gender differences be down to social conditioning? If we treated girls and boys the ...
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2016
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Public, single-gender schools have become more common over the last decade, but new research shows that people might choose such schools based on de-bunked ideas of differences in male and female brains.
Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2014
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In 1992, Mattel sparked a nationwide debate about math and gender when the company released "Teen Talk Barbie." Among the doll’s 270 phrases were "Math class is tough!" (often misquoted as "Math is hard"), along with "Will ...
Social Sciences
May 20, 2010
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With faces covered to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, some of the facial cues that people rely on to connect with others—such as a smile that shows support—are also obscured.
Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2020
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