When news about the climate is published, like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report, frightening headlines like "final warning" or "now or never" are often the norm. Some activists call this approach ...
Environment
Mar 29, 2023
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Offering a tiny cash reward for accuracy, or even briefly appealing to personal integrity, can increase people's ability to tell the difference between misinformation and the truth, according to a new study.
Social Sciences
Mar 6, 2023
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Balding is really common, affecting more than 50% of men. It's also physically inconsequential (bald men live just as long as haired men). So why, in his memoir Spare, does Prince Harry refer to his brother's baldness as ...
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2023
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Events like the riots in Brazil, the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection two years before it and the mass shooting at the Colorado LGBTQ nightclub each occurred after certain groups repeatedly directed dangerous rhetoric against others. ...
Social Sciences
Jan 12, 2023
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When it comes to hiring, it can be a challenge for an employer to find the perfect person for the job. As a result, organizations often utilize personality scales as an aid in determining whether a candidate is the right ...
Social Sciences
Jan 5, 2023
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For most of U.S. history, sports betting was rare.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2022
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Nearly two years after the devastating bushfires of 2019–2020, many farming communities are still coming to terms with the impacts.
Biotechnology
Oct 24, 2022
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Couples in intercultural romantic relationships benefit from each other's cultural differences, as they are exposed to new perspectives, knowledge and identities, three recent studies conducted by York University researchers ...
Social Sciences
Oct 6, 2022
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The U.K. government's recent mini-budget has come in for a lot of criticism. Its effect on stock markets, pensions and the value of the pound have barely been out of the news. As a clinical psychologist, one issue I find ...
Economics & Business
Sep 30, 2022
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The more that people express admiration for a public figure, the more likely they are to forgive and defend them after a "moral violation", according to a new study analyzing the posts from 36,464 YouTube followers of a famous ...
Social Sciences
Sep 6, 2022
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