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A new study suggests that the 'neighborhood effect' of slums could help to alleviate some of their associated health problems.
A team of academics led by Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick have conducted a review of international...
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Low socio-economic status and fear of abandonment early in life can lead to poor health in adulthood, regardless of adult socio-economic status, according to a new study from psychologists at Rice University.
“Attachment Orientations, Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and...
Researchers develop new hate crimes reporting systems to provide authorities with a clearer picture of the level of abuse
Hate crimes are massively under reported, making it all the more difficult for police and other authorities to make an impact...
MSU's William Chopik led a study examining empathy by country. Countries in dark red have high empathy, while countries in light pink are low empathy. The countries in gray were not studied due to small sample sizes.Credit: Image courtesy...
A new online game is inviting members of the public to look under a virtual microscope and contribute directly to Alzheimer’s disease research at Cornell.
Stall Catchers, a game launched this week by the Human Computation Institute (HCI), challenges users...
Links in colours from yellow to red show increasing strength of preference between players (the circles), the three panels (left to right) are for different stages of the game, note the symbolic clocks. The researchers measured, that the focus...
Affordable child care and flexible work schedules have all been topics of debates in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.Yet, according to a new study by Princeton University and Harvard University, the average American worker is indifferent to flexible work...
The elusive and complex components of creativity was identified by computer experts. Credit: Anna Jordanous
The elusive and complex components of creativity have been identified by computer experts at the University of Kent.
Dr Anna Jordanous, lecturer in the School of...
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Trend is most pronounced among the better-educated, UCI study finds
Guilt-ridden busy moms and dads take heart: Mothers – and fathers – across most Western countries are spending more time with their children than parents did in the mid-’60s,...
A new study by LSE’s International Inequalities Institute shows that women make up a smaller and smaller fraction of those with high incomes, the closer you get to the top. Women have been increasing their representation in the top...
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The story of Native North America – from its vast contribution to world culture, to the often taboo social problems of drinking, gambling and violence – is the subject of a sweeping new history by a...
