Mining huge datasets of English reveals stereotypes about gender, race, and class prevalent in English-speaking societies. Tessa Charlesworth and colleagues developed a stepwise procedure, Flexible Intersectional Stereotype ...
Social Sciences
Mar 20, 2024
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Researchers at the Family Dog Project of Eötvös Loránd University have designed a tool to investigate the social dynamics of cohabiting family dogs. Their results are published in Animal Cognition.
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2024
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Researchers from the universities of York and Leeds have found that General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) results have a significant impact on many elements of life at 23 years-old, predicting factors such as ...
Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2024
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Most people keep their electricity supplier, even though it's fast and easy to switch to a cheaper competitor. Now an economist has unraveled what's holding people back—and what could ensure cheaper electricity contracts ...
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2024
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Can scientific methods be used to identify who is best suited for physically and mentally demanding missions? In his doctoral thesis, Peter Tedeholm explores the individual characteristics of Swedish operational police officers.
Political science
Jan 31, 2024
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In a study of nearly 5,000 North American first-year college students, those who were more extroverted, more agreeable, or less neurotic were more likely to feel a greater sense of belonging at school. Alexandria Stubblebine, ...
Social Sciences
Jan 17, 2024
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If you've watched cat videos on social media lately, you may have encountered the idea a cat's coat color tells us something about their personality.
Plants & Animals
Jan 15, 2024
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In a study published on 20 November 2023 in Entrepreneurship Education, researchers delve into the various factors that drive green entrepreneurial intentions among undergraduate students in an emerging economy. The study ...
Social Sciences
Jan 9, 2024
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Fish from the same species can evolve their sense of smell and display individual foraging 'personalities' to successfully find food in different habitats, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2023
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If you thought blurry eyes were to blame for the "beer goggles" phenomenon, think again.
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2023
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