It is not just heat waves—climate change is also a crisis of disconnection
Climate change is widely recognized by the scientific community as "the biggest global health threat of the 21st century."
Climate change is widely recognized by the scientific community as "the biggest global health threat of the 21st century."
Environment
Aug 17, 2023
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Research from Oxford University calls us to reconsider how behaviours may spread through societies of wild animals, and how this might provide new insights into human social networks.
Evolution
Dec 3, 2019
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Published in the journal Religion, Brain & Behavior, a study led by the D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) evaluated and mapped the perceptions of over a thousand spectators participating in the Festival of ...
Social Sciences
Jan 5, 2024
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Remote working has become much more common since the pandemic sent people home from their offices and into the Zoom universe. This has put the onus on managers to find new and better ways to engage with and motivate staff, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 28, 2022
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A new study reveals the important role inherited wealth plays in sustaining economic inequality in small scale societies. A team of 26 anthropologists, statisticians, and economists based at the Santa Fe Institute in New ...
Social Sciences
Oct 30, 2009
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Similarities among individuals living in the same communities can dramatically change their risk of dying by suicide, according to a new study by Indiana University researchers.
Social Sciences
Oct 6, 2020
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Researchers from University of Oklahoma and University of Illinois at Chicago published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that introduces a digital approach to analyzing audiences' interests across a broad brand ...
Economics & Business
Mar 24, 2022
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Although female giraffes have closer "friends" than male giraffes, male giraffes have more "acquaintances" than females, according to a new study by an international team that includes a Penn State biologist. The study demonstrates ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2021
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The recent furore about the Facebook Messenger app has unearthed an interesting question: how far are we willing to allow our privacy to be pushed for our social connections? In the case of the Facebook Messenger app, the ...
Internet
Aug 22, 2014
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Based on data from the VKontakte social network, researchers at Higher School of Economics and the Vienna Medical University have found a relationship between students' academic performance and their closest social environment. ...
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2017
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