A new study sheds light on the crucial role of allies in social movements, showing how their participation can sway public opinion on protests. By positively influencing public perceptions and encouraging participation from ...
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2024
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Industrialized nations responsible for excessive levels of carbon dioxide emissions could be liable to pay a total of $170 trillion in compensation or reparations by 2050 to ensure climate change targets are met, say researchers.
Environment
Jun 5, 2023
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Sleep deprived Australian magpies are tired and unmotivated, just like humans, according to new research from La Trobe University in Melbourne which has found that, after a poor night's sleep, the common black and white songbird ...
Plants & Animals
May 3, 2022
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Political divisions are deeper than at any time in the past 50 years, according to a new study led by the University of St Andrews.
Political science
Dec 8, 2021
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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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Early online support for the Boogaloos, one of the groups implicated in the January 2021 attack on the United States Capitol, followed the same mathematical pattern as ISIS, despite the stark ideological, geographical and ...
Social Sciences
May 19, 2021
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A team of researchers from Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Lancaster University and the Open University has found that when people lie to someone, they tend to mimic that person's body movements. In their paper published ...
Scientists have shown that the size and makeup of groups of social birds can predict how efficiently they use and move through their habitat, according to new findings published today in eLife.
Plants & Animals
Nov 10, 2020
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In the world of scientific research today, there's a revolution going on—over the last decade or so, scientists across many disciplines have been seeking to improve the workings of science and its methods.
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2020
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1038
New research has for the first time provided evidence that reptiles could be capable of social learning through imitation.
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2014
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