The heated debate surrounding the German "state Trojan" software for the online monitoring of telecommunication between citizens shows that the concealed observation of our private decisions provokes public disapproval. However, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2011
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For married couples, money is a common source of stress and conflict that can take a major toll on relationship quality.
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2018
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A 'cheater' mutation (chtB) in Dictyostelium discoideum, a free living slime mould able to co-operate as social organism when food is scarce, allows the cheater strain to exploit its social partner, finds a new study published ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 8, 2013
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A new study has provided evidence that young chimpanzees are capable of vocal functional flexibility; a known building block in human language development.
Plants & Animals
Oct 17, 2023
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Don't date your friends' exes. That's the unspoken golden rule of high-school romances.
Social Sciences
Jan 21, 2022
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People benefit from deep conversations, but we often stick to small talk with strangers because we underestimate how much they're interested in our lives, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
Social Sciences
Nov 19, 2021
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Since methods for genetic paternity analyses were introduced, it has been clear that many pair-living animal species, including humans, do not take partnership fidelity that seriously. In most species, there is some proportion ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2020
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People have an innate need to establish close relationships with other people. But this natural bonding behaviour is not confined to humans: many animals also seem to need relationships with others of their kind. For domesticated ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2013
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More than 18 percent of previously abused participants in an online survey of LBGT residents in the United States reported increased instances of intimate partner violence during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according ...
Social Sciences
Sep 10, 2022
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"Selfie" is not just word of the year, but also the mainstay of postings on social media sites such as Instagram. With the prevalence of camera-equipped smartphones the posting of selfies has reached epidemic levels – even ...
Social Sciences
Jan 29, 2016
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