The words different cultures use to describe family members have revealed some intriguing insights—including why in Balto-Slavic languages there is a complicated relationship between in-laws and weasels.
Social Sciences
May 24, 2023
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Your native language could impact your musical ability. A global study that compared the melodic and rhythmic abilities of almost half a million people speaking 54 different languages found that tonal speakers are better ...
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2023
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New data shows that Hispanics with disabilities in the United States rebounded to historic levels in the labor force following the first 12-month period of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the disparity between their non-Hispanic ...
Social Sciences
Apr 25, 2023
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A new study on the human capacity for cooperation suggests that, deep down, people of diverse cultures are more similar than you might expect. The study, published in Scientific Reports, shows that from the towns of England, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2023
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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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Astronomer Carl Sagan famously said that there were more stars in the universe than grains of sand on earth.
Astronomy
Mar 28, 2023
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Peru's first great empire, the Wari, stretched for more than a thousand miles over the Andes Mountains and along the coast from 600 to 1000 CE. The pottery they left behind gives archaeologists clues as to how the empire ...
Archaeology
Mar 14, 2023
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Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) is a dioecious perennial plant. Male plants have a higher yield than female plants; therefore, all-male cultivars are more commonly produced. In contrast, female plants have a higher spear ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 12, 2023
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Over 500 years, the economy developed better in parts of Europe where women married in their 20s instead of their teens, according to a study by economic historians Alexandra de Pleijt from Wageningen University in the Netherlands ...
Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2022
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Artists all over the world, regardless of their gender, earn considerably less than professionals in occupations requiring similar levels of education and qualifications.
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2022
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