Social media gives support to LGBTQ youth when in-person communities are lacking
Teens today have grown up on the internet, and social media has served as a space where LGBTQ youth in particular can develop their identities.
Teens today have grown up on the internet, and social media has served as a space where LGBTQ youth in particular can develop their identities.
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2021
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Everyone is planning to return to the moon. At least 10 missions by half a dozen nations are scheduled before the end of 2021, and that's only the beginning.
Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2020
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Paul Davies' newest book, The Demon in the Machine, takes aim at one of the great outstanding scientific enigmas—what is life, how and why does it emerge and what distinguishes the living from the non-living? The book, ...
General Physics
Dec 20, 2019
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In 2007 the then President of China, Hu Jintao, delivered a speech to South Africans acknowledging the benefits of a strategic partnership. He also stressed that the connection is not merely pragmatic. It must, he argued, ...
Other
Sep 16, 2019
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The grisly beheading of nine young people lured by a suspected serial killer after tweeting suicidal thoughts has sparked debate about the use of social media in Japan, which has one of the world's highest suicide rates.
Internet
Nov 15, 2017
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Road safety and accident prevention are not always studied from the same perspective, though it may be obvious that accident-related events are linked to risky behaviour. David Herrero, author of a new eight-year study, says, ...
Social Sciences
Sep 6, 2017
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The term "start-up" can bring to mind thoughts of economic bubbles and busts. But out of many company starts, a few will go on to succeed and even flourish. For the second year, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly ...
Other
Nov 2, 2016
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Suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students in the U.S., and a new study suggests that students who play many hours of action video games in particular may be more capable of acting on suicidal thoughts. ...
Social Sciences
Jan 11, 2016
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Using a computer game, a research group at Aarhus University has found a way to gain deeper insight into the human thought process. The results have amazed the research director, who has discovered a kind of 'atlas of thoughts.' ...
Software
Mar 19, 2015
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Advertisers covet spots during political debates, which often draw large numbers of viewers. But according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, political debate can sometime decrease the effectiveness of subsequent ...
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2011
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