New research from NYU Abu Dhabi may offer an explanation to the reasons behind the underrepresentation of women in fields that are perceived to prize raw intellectual talent or "brilliance."
Social Sciences
Mar 23, 2022
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Sufficient physical activity is vital to staying healthy. But for office workers whose job means spending most of the day at their desks, staying active is difficult. Researchers in Japan shed light on how office workers ...
Economics & Business
Feb 24, 2022
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Culture environments of different cell types growing in culture vessels or Petri dishes vary significantly from each other and from conditions in the living body, potentially driving the "reproducibility crisis" in biomedical ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 8, 2022
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While some current scientific theories point to ancient Chaco Canyon, a distinctive archeological site in the American southwest, as simply a prehistoric ceremonial site populated only during sacred rituals, University of ...
Archaeology
Oct 27, 2021
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A new framework which reconciles the roles of behavioral genetics and cultural evolution in inheritance—and cuts through the nature/nurture debate—has been put forward by researchers at the London School of Economics ...
Evolution
Jul 13, 2021
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Cultural diversity—indicated by linguistic diversity—and biodiversity are linked, and their connection may be another way to preserve both natural environments and Indigenous populations in Africa and perhaps worldwide, ...
Ecology
May 18, 2021
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Most forms of life—species of mammals, birds, plants, reptiles, amphibians, etc.—are most diverse at Earth's equator and least diverse at the poles. This distribution is called the latitudinal gradient of biodiversity.
Ecology
Jan 6, 2021
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The number of diversity networks within large organizations has greatly increased in recent years. Many modern companies wish to further the promotion of employees with a specific social identity, so they promote networks ...
Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2020
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We often think of culture as solely human. We think of our music, our clothes, our food, our languages. However, culture stretches far beyond Homo sapiens. As evidence of the existence of culture in other animal groups emerges ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2019
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Students of color who attend schools with a culture that emphasizes the value of diversity—specifically schools whose mission statements mention goals such as serving a diverse student body and appreciating diversity and ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2019
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