Psychologists target root cause of soil erosion
Psychologists might hold the key to reducing soil erosion that wrecks pasture land belonging to the Maasai tribe in Tanzania.
Environment
Jun 04, 2019
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News tagged with social dynamics
Damselflies should choose their friends wisely, in order to cope with the cold Scottish climate
Damselflies are more likely to be able to withstand the cold Scottish climate if they are part of the 'right social group', according to scientists from the University of Aberdeen.
Plants & Animals
May 08, 2019
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New dynamic dependency framework may lead to better neural social and tech systems models
Many real-world complex systems include macroscopic subsystems which influence one another. This arises, for example, in competing or mutually reinforcing neural populations in the brain, spreading dynamics of viruses, and ...
General Physics
Feb 22, 2019
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A new framework to predict spatiotemporal signal propagation in complex networks
Past studies have found that a variety of complex networks, from biological systems to social media networks, can exhibit universal topological characteristics. These universal characteristics, however, do not always translate ...
A scientific study reveals the enigmas on social behaviour of western lowland gorillas
A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences reveals one of the enigmas related to the social behaviour of the western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in the heart ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 07, 2019
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New music styles driven by direct challenges to elites
A research team led by scientists at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna (CSH) reports that fashion cycles in music are driven by outsider groups. Outsiders challenge the dominant music style by strongly contrasting the preferences ...
Social Sciences
Feb 07, 2019
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Big cities feed on their hinterlands to sustain growth
Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden call into question an influential theory of the self-reinforcing dynamics of urban growth. Their research, published in Science Advances, shows that big cities feed on their ...
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2019
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Can social interactions affect spread of disease?
Most real-world systems, such as biological, social, and economic schemes evolve constantly. The dynamics of such systems are characterized by significantly enhanced activity levels over short periods of time (or "bursts") ...
Mathematics
Dec 11, 2018
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Through the glass ceiling
Over the last thirty years or so the term "glass ceiling" has come to symbolise the barriers faced by women in attempting to make upward progress in their careers.
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2018
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Biologists study the principles underlying the collective movement of baboons
How do baboons succeed in coordinating the movements of their group? Biologists at the University of Konstanz study these organisms in the wild to find out which behavioural rules baboons use when interacting with others. ...
Plants & Animals
May 30, 2017
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