Ever wondered how your friends shape your music taste? In a recent study, researchers at the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) demonstrated that social networks are a powerful predictor of a song's future popularity. By analyzing ...
Mathematics
Jun 11, 2024
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A new study conducted by Dr. Edwin Dalmaijer, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Bristol, UK, looked at the social influences on pigeon flight routes. Comparing the flight patterns of pairs of pigeons to a computer ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 6, 2024
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Since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, fake news on social media has been widely blamed for low vaccine uptake in the United States—but research by MIT Sloan School of Management Ph.D. candidate Jennifer Allen ...
Social Sciences
May 30, 2024
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Shelter dogs awaiting adoption fare better with a canine companion than when they're housed alone, according to new research from Virginia Tech.
Veterinary medicine
Jun 12, 2024
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The formation of relationships within violent US Islamist extremist groups is highly driven by mutual contacts and the tendency for people to bond with others similar to themselves, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2024
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The discovery of ancient rock walls and high mounds and ditches in dense jungle in the Falefa Valley on 'Upolu Island in Sāmoa holds valuable clues to the origins of ancestral land and social hierarchy in Polynesian society, ...
Archaeology
Jun 24, 2024
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Heavy industries such as aviation and chemical manufacturing contribute to about 20% of overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and will continue to depend on fossil fuels.
Environment
May 28, 2024
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Family conditions—specifically, how similar one's social status and background is to one's parents' status—may play a bigger role in determining how easily an individual can shift into a wealthier socioeconomic class ...
Social Sciences
Jun 20, 2024
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Post-war peace processes are a dangerous period for women. Many are forced to live close to men who committed serious abuse during the war or are expected to testify in various types of truth commissions, which can be both ...
Social Sciences
May 29, 2024
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From the moment immigrants set eyes on acquiring citizenship in their host country—especially when they accept it as a nationality of higher status—they already begin to identify with the particular nation. Furthermore, ...
Social Sciences
May 31, 2024
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