Whenever "Gina," a fifth grader at a suburban public school on the East Coast, did her math homework, she never had to worry about whether she could get help from her mom.
Education
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We recently published two reports that highlight the devastating financial consequences borne by women who leave their partners after suffering domestic violence.
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2022
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In humans, and many other species, both genes inherited from the mother and from the father influence how embryos develop. In the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, however, the mother has total control, as researchers from ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2022
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New research from the University of Georgia shows a connection between being a feminist and having a better body image.
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2022
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With abortion banned in at least 11 states—with more about to prohibit or strictly limit the medical procedure soon—it will likely increase the proportion of women who are single mothers, with a greater burden falling ...
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2022
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New observations from the Budongo Forest in Uganda help us to understand why chimpanzee mothers carry their dead infants.
Plants & Animals
Jul 13, 2022
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Contemporary humans are still evolving, but natural selection favors those with lower earnings and poorer education—according to research from the University of East Anglia.
Social Sciences
Jul 6, 2022
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New research highlights the major impact of motherhood earning penalties on the economic prospects of single-mother families.
Social Sciences
Jul 5, 2022
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When COVID forced school closures, many parents found themselves more involved than ever with their children's learning. For some parents, it was hard work but broadly achievable. Many migrant parents, however, found themselves ...
Education
Jun 8, 2022
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A new study of huntsman spiders links evolutionary lineages with life history traits, providing patterns for predicting social behaviors in other less-studied species. Sociality is very rare in spiders—only five out of ...
Evolution
Jun 6, 2022
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