Bullying is typically portrayed in popular culture as either physical aggression, such as pushing and kicking, or verbal aggression, such as threats and derogatory insults.
Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2022
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Believing in witchcraft is a salient feature of daily life in many parts of the world. In worst-case scenarios, such beliefs lead to murder, and they may also cause destruction of property or societal ostracism of the accused ...
Economics & Business
May 10, 2016
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some online ad campaigns go viral while other online marketing messages gather "cyber-dust" on the information superhighway? The key may lie in the motivation of Internet users to email that content ...
Economics & Business
Nov 26, 2009
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International surveys about the depth of people's belief in God reveal vast differences among nations, ranging from 94 percent of people in the Philippines who said they always believed in God, compared to only 13 percent ...
Social Sciences
Apr 18, 2012
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People's experiences of private rental housing are linked to faster biological aging, our recent research finds.
Social Sciences
Nov 13, 2023
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A study by social scientists at The University of Manchester has revealed that Britain's most ethnically diverse neighbourhoods are also the healthiest.
Social Sciences
May 30, 2013
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Women who choose to be permanently childfree perceive more social pressures to become mothers than other women, but feel less distress about not having kids than women who are childless from infertility or other reasons, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 9, 2012
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Seismic surveys used for oil and gas prospecting on the sea floor are a disturbance for blue whales, the world's biggest animal and one of its rarest species, biologists reported on Wednesday.
Ecology
Sep 23, 2009
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A magnitude 3.6 earthquake has jolted the San Francisco Bay Area on the last day of 2020.
Environment
Dec 31, 2020
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Adults who play video games daily are much more likely to be working-class than middle-class, new research shows.
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2024
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