We have all met the parent who thinks their kid is the next Picasso or Einstein regardless of the evidence. But it's hard to know if these beliefs are helpful or harmful.
Education
Jun 24, 2021
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One in four Australians feel lonely on three or more days a week. Our longitudinal study, just published in the International Journal of Epidemiology, finds adults in neighborhoods where at least 30% of nearby land was parks, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 10, 2021
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New research by Morgan Philbin, Ph.D., at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues looks at why Black young men who have sex with men (YMSM) are disproportionately subject to high rates of arrest ...
Social Sciences
Feb 9, 2021
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A study led by a University of Illinois Chicago researcher uses a new approach to measure precarious, or low-quality, employment in the United States. And, according to those findings, precarious employment has increased ...
Economics & Business
Jan 27, 2021
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When veterinarian Cynthia Otto was in Manhattan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks helping support the search and rescue dogs, she heard rumors about the possible impact on the dogs' long-term health.
Veterinary medicine
Sep 21, 2020
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Young people who are the first in their family to go to university are less likely to attend an elite institution and are more likely to drop out than those with graduate parents, according to new research led by the UCL ...
Education
Aug 12, 2020
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Flinders University's Professor Giselle Rampersad has undertaken a study to investigate key factors that drive innovation among Worker Integrated Learning students and has found that upskilling workers with vital innovation ...
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2020
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Consumers often struggle to achieve self-set life improvement goals, but what if deliberately emulating the successful strategies used by their friends could help them?
Social Sciences
May 27, 2020
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The Internet and social media are among the most frequently used sources of information today. Students, too, often prefer online information rather than traditional teaching materials provided by universities. According ...
Education
Apr 14, 2020
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The gap between children with the highest and lowest socio-emotional skills has increased over the past three decades, and the socio-economic status of mothers is a significant contributing factor, according to a new UCL ...
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2020
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