In diverse schools, friends of the same race or ethnicity are influential in shaping teenagers' sense of belonging, finds new research by a multidisciplinary team including Cornell's Adam Hoffman, an expert in psychology ...
Social Sciences
May 11, 2022
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Parents share content of their children for myriad reasons, including to connect with friends and family, and to seek validation or support.
Social Sciences
May 2, 2023
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In many ways, the travel industry has tended to focus on business travelers and richer tourists, ignoring travelers such as backpackers who tend to travel on a tight budget and have little to spend on their journey. However, ...
Social Sciences
Jul 22, 2022
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A team working at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) found evidence to support a long-debated mode of evolution, revealing how evolution captures environmental variation to teach old genes new tricks: Sweat ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2020
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In times of crisis, conspiracy theories can spread as fast as a virus.
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2020
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With multiple social media platforms and millions of people flocking online every day, it's no surprise so many people want to become digital content creators—or even better: influencers.
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2022
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White-lipped peccaries have declined by as much as 87% to 90% from their historical range in Central America, signaling a population collapse of a key species in the region, according to a study published recently in the ...
Ecology
Feb 5, 2020
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Between 40% and 80% of purchases are impulse buys. Marketers often get blamed for this, but while marketing tactics may be cynical, manipulative, and even deceptive, shoppers are generally wise to their ways.
Social Sciences
Dec 18, 2018
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Woodlice are able to calm their excited neighbors according to findings made by Pierre Broly and Jean-Louis Deneubourg of the Free Brussels University (Belgium).
Plants & Animals
Jun 11, 2015
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New research has revealed that firms with female directors on the board, regardless of how many, improves the quality of corporate sustainability disclosures than those with no board representation.
Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2023
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