It may soon be possible to coax human skin cells into becoming functional eggs and sperm using a technique known as "in vitro gametogenesis." This involves the creation (genesis) of eggs and sperm (gametes) outside the human ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 15, 2023
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Have you planned out your holiday gift giving yet? If you're anything like me, you might be waiting until the last minute. But whether every single present is already wrapped and ready, or you'll hit the shops on Christmas ...
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2023
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It seems like we have free will. Most of the time, we are the ones who choose what we eat, how we tie our shoelaces and what articles we read on The Conversation.
Other
Dec 1, 2023
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Big businesses like to tell us that, as consumers, we all pay for food theft. We've been sold a narrative that as consumers who don't steal, we pay for the theft of food by others on our grocery receipts.
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2023
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Infidelity and deception have always been part of dating and relationships. Traditionally managed privately between the parties or through legal processes, these issues have recently been co-opted by online vigilante communities ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2023
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A University at Buffalo communication researcher has found predictable patterns in terrorist propaganda that attempts to persuade otherwise morally grounded people to join violent causes.
Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2023
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People from diverse religious backgrounds in the United States view curiosity about religion as morally virtuous, according to new research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science. Atheists also view this ...
Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2023
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Puppies! Goats! Kittens! A quick online search suggests you can take a yoga class with just about any cute animal you like.
Plants & Animals
Jul 25, 2023
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Moral values such as purity and loyalty are often linked with hateful language, according to a study published in PNAS Nexus. Scholars in the field of natural language processing (NLP) have, in recent years, focused on improving ...
Social Sciences
Jul 13, 2023
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Several polls in the past couple of years (including from Ipsos, YouGov and most recently Savanta on behalf of Kings College Policy Institute and the BBC) have been examining the kinds of conspiratorial beliefs people have. ...
Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2023
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