Tardigrades may be nature's ultimate survivors. While these tiny, nearly translucent animals are easily overlooked, they represent a diverse group that has successfully colonized freshwater, marine, and terrestrial environments ...
Evolution
Jan 22, 2024
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Family businesses account for more than 70 percent of global GDP, and survey data shows that they are much friendlier to female leadership: up to 55 percent have at least one woman on their board and 70 percent are considering ...
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2024
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In studying social mobility in today's industrialized nations, researchers typically rely on data from the World Economic Forum or, in the United States, the General Social Survey. But examining the same phenomena from past ...
Archaeology
Jan 19, 2024
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Behind the relatively stable income inequality in the Netherlands, big changes have been happening. Income inequality has increased over the past 40 years, but less sharply because women in lower income groups have begun ...
Social Sciences
Jan 18, 2024
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What do children need most? The answer often depends on a person's relationship with the child.
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2024
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Doing the shopping for a neighbor, driving a friend to an appointment, helping an aunt with the garden: there are plenty of people who occasionally provide a little assistance. In her Ph.D. thesis, Marlou Ramaekers has shown ...
Social Sciences
Jan 11, 2024
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A framework for combining climate and social data could help scientists better support climate change adaptation ahead of future weather-related disasters.
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2024
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Instruments smaller than a human hair are being designed to eradicate antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fight cancer.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 9, 2024
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The number of relatives that an individual has is expected to decrease by more than 35% in the near future. At the same time, the structure of families will change. The number of cousins, nieces, nephews and grandchildren ...
Social Sciences
Jan 8, 2024
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Thanks to new technology, we now have a better idea of just how vanishingly rare the world's second rarest ape really is.
Plants & Animals
Jan 8, 2024
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