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South Korean marginalized communities developed 'disaster subculture' living through extreme climate events, study finds
Locations around the globe are experiencing climate disasters on a regular basis. But some of the most marginalized populations experience... Read more
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Study finds rekindling old friendships as scary as making new ones
Psychologists from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the University of Sussex have found that people are as hesitant to reach... Read more
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Missing identity options on forms can prompt anger, reduce belonging
Being asked to provide demographic information in official forms such as job applications—but finding one's own identity group missing from... Read more
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Understanding the spread of behavior: How long-tie connections accelerate the speed of social contagion
Human beings are likely to adopt the thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors of those around them. Simple decisions like what local... Read more
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Sibling contact with criminal legal system is harmful to children and families, study finds
Criminal legal system contact has emerged as a key event for understanding family life, childhood well-being, and patterns of inequality.... Read more
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Research suggests historically redlined areas see more modern-day gun violence
In the 1930s, the United States government introduced redlining, a discriminatory practice that categorized neighborhoods based on people's race or... Read more
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Call to address gender inequity facing Australia's female veterans
Women who serve in the Australian Defense Force face disadvantages both in military service and afterwards, a new Flinders University... Read more
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TikTok fears point to larger problem: Poor media literacy in the social media age
The U.S. government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok after the House of Representatives attached the... Read more
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Sex differences don't disappear as a country's equality develops—sometimes, they become stronger
The more gender equal a society is, the more similar men and women will be, adopting more similar interests, personality... Read more
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Study highlights importance of caregiver well-being in Uganda
A group-based curriculum called Journey of Life (JoL)—delivered over 12 sessions in the Kiryandongo refugee settlement in Uganda—led to improvements... Read more
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New study examines the increased adoption of they/them pronouns
People are using "they/them" pronouns more often according to a new study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel... Read more
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Friend breakups: Why they can sometimes feel as bad as falling out of love
If you've ever gone through a friendship breakup you aren't alone—one study from the US found 86% of teenagers had... Read more
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Many prisoners go years without touching a smartphone—it means they struggle to navigate life on the outside
You'd be hard pressed to find any aspect of daily life that doesn't require some form of digital literacy. We... Read more
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First languages of North America traced back to two very different language groups from Siberia
Johanna Nichols, a linguist at the University of California, Berkeley, has used her pioneering work in the field of language... Read more
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Eclipses were once associated with the deaths of kings—predictions played a key role in the birth of astronomy
Making interesting predictions is one of the hallmarks of successful science. When Albert Einstein formulated his theory of general relativity,... Read more