In the middle ages, monks, nuns, and friars had it relatively easy. They lived quiet lives within friaries and monastic complexes, reading manuscripts, praying, and tending to gardens in which they grew their own food. They ...
Archaeology
Aug 21, 2022
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Interstate travel isn't easy these days. Gas prices are up. Airline tickets are up. Travel delays and flight cancelations are frequent.
Economics & Business
Aug 16, 2022
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People who become wealthy in the United States may tend to boast of their humble beginnings, but new research finds that they may, in fact, be less sympathetic to the difficulties of being poor than those who were born rich.
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2022
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High prices may not deter wealthy people from buying unsustainable goods—instead, they might actually trigger those in the upper class to buy these products, according to a new study.
Social Sciences
May 27, 2022
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In youth policy and service delivery the idea of youth voice and participation is an uncontested "good thing." But which youth voices? Who is heard and who is left out?
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2022
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The development of transport infrastructure is a central issue for states, which spend billions to connect cities. But what is their real effect on the municipalities concerned? Researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) ...
Economics & Business
Nov 2, 2021
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The burial field in Valsgärde outside Uppsala in central Sweden contains more than 90 graves from the Iron Age.
Archaeology
Mar 25, 2021
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Giving at scale by the super-wealthy has done little to redistribute wealth from rich to poor, helping perpetuate social inequalities rather than remedying them, while paying considerable dividends to donors in the form of ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2021
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Anti-immigration sentiment rises when affluent people fear losing their wealth, a psychological study has found.
Political science
Aug 17, 2020
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The spread of the coronavirus and the need for social distance is seen by some as a fundamental challenge to globalism, population density, and urban life. The virus is both a challenge and a catastrophe, but it does not ...
Environment
Apr 20, 2020
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