Study: Gender bias may impact student loan bankruptcy decisions
New research reveals gender bias can creep into student loan bankruptcy court cases.
Economics & Business
Jan 28, 2022
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News tagged with mothers
Maternal metamorphosis: How mothering has changed in Australia since the second world war
When I first became a mother in 2013, I realized my experiences of motherhood did not match the kinds of messages circulating around me.
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2022
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Why mothers opt to stay in flood-prone Houston neighborhoods
A new book, " In Too Deep " (University of California Press, $29.95, 268 pages) from Rice University sociologist Rachel Tolbert Kimbro, dean of the School of Social Sciences, explores the lives of a group of mothers in a ...
Social Sciences
Jan 11, 2022
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Gene discovered crucial to making crop plants produce clonal seeds
Researchers from KeyGene and Wageningen University & Research (WUR), in collaboration with colleagues from Japan and New Zealand, have discovered a gene that will make it possible to produce seeds from crops that are genetically ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 6, 2022
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Rifts between older mothers and their adult children usually endure, even through divorce, illness and death
At the start of every new year, individuals often make resolutions to change aspects of their lives that they find undesirable. For some, these promises to themselves may involve trying to mend broken family relationships.
Social Sciences
Jan 4, 2022
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How orangutans mothers help their offspring learn
We have always known that orangutans infants are very dependent on their mothers in their early years. But it turns out that orangutan mothers also change their own behavior to help their children learn and become independent ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2022
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Mother elephant seals able to recognize their pup's voice just two days after giving birth
A team of researchers from the University of California's Institute of Marine Sciences, Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay and the University of Lyon has found that mother elephant seals are able to distinguish their ...
Boundaries between work and family life disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic
According to mothers' experiences, the daily life during the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown in the spring of 2020 blurred the boundaries between work and family responsibilities and roles. In families where the division ...
Social Sciences
Dec 20, 2021
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States to sign voluntary cutbacks of Colorado River water
To help stave off another round of mandatory cutbacks, water leaders for Arizona, Nevada and California are preparing to sign an agreement that would voluntarily reduce Colorado River water to the lower basin states by 500,000 ...
Environment
Dec 15, 2021
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Orangutan mothers help offspring to learn
When it comes to motherhood, orangutans are animals of distinction. An orangutan mother will stay in close contact with her baby for up to nine years—longer than almost all mammals other than humans. Much like humans, orangutans ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 10, 2021
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