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Showing posts with label Social Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Science. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Hidden heartache of losing an animal companion

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Chimmi April 09, 2010 -February 23, 2025 My best friend. Photo Credit: Heidi-Ann Fourkiller The emotional toll of losing a beloved pet durin...
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Study Underscores Role of Sleep in Reducing Toll of Social Adversity on Breast Cancer Survivors’ Health

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Photo Credit:  Ivan Oboleninov Where someone lives can affect their health. For breast cancer survivors, their neighborhood can influence th...
Sunday, January 4, 2026

What Is: The Capitalocene

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"Anthropocene" names a symptom; "Capitalocene" names the disease. Image Credit: Scientific Frontline The early twenty-fi...
Monday, December 29, 2025

How doubting your doubts may increase commitment to goals

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Research explores what happens when people face goal obstacles Image Credit: Scientific Frontline When it comes to our most important long-t...
Sunday, December 28, 2025

Social Science: In-Depth Description

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / AI generated (Gemini) Social Science is the systematic study of human society, social relationships, an...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Research finds self-control runs in the family

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A WVU study finds when parents model discipline in work, health and finances, their teens tend to follow suit. Photo Credit: Jennifer Shepha...
Friday, March 29, 2024

True trans visibility requires better data

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The influential book Invisible Women articulates some of the countless ways in which women are missing from the data we use to understand th...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Greenhouse gas emissions in Global South countries linked with IMF lending policies

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New research by sociology professor Matthew Soener links loans from the International Monetary Fund to increased greenhouse gas emissions in...
Monday, March 4, 2024

Study shows social factors of low U.S. Breast cancer screening

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Photo Credit:  Marco Jean deOliveira Teixeira To identify major social factors hindering breast cancer screening in women aged 40 and older ...
Sunday, October 15, 2023

Sexism and poorer parenting: Auckland study suggests a link

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Professor Nickola Overall (top left) with researchers Dr Annette Henderson, Dr Rachel Low, Dr Valerie Chang, Dr Caitlin McRae and Dr Nina Wa...
Friday, October 13, 2023

Negative attitudes towards breastfeeding in public still an issue

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Photo Credit:  seeseehundhund International law supports women’s right to breastfeed in public. However, women report having been subjected ...
Thursday, June 8, 2023

Researchers warn of future ‘fish wars’ as consequence of climate change

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Photo Credit:  Sabrina Eickhoff How climate change could give rise to “fish wars” between nations is the subject of a new research project a...
Monday, April 17, 2023

Natural flood prevention, higher trust through better communication

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2013 flood on the Elbe near Dessau-Rosslau. Photo Credit: André Künzelmann / UFZ A UFZ study shows: If the population feels well informed, i...
Friday, April 14, 2023

Location intelligence shines a light on disinformation

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Each dot represents a Twitterer discussing COVID-19 from April 16 to April 22, 2021. The closer the dots are to the center, the greater the ...
Monday, February 13, 2023

A sense of purpose may have significant impact on teens' emotional well-being

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Educational psychology professor Kaylin Ratner found in a study of more than 200 adolescents that feeling a sense of purpose had a significa...
Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Study finds much still not known about cognitive decline

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Why do some elderly people keep their cognitive ability much longer than others? Scientists still have much to learn. Photo Credit:  Alexand...
Monday, January 30, 2023

Children have not recovered learning lost during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Learning online: 'We find a substantial overall learning deficit…which arose early in the pandemic and persists over time… The pooled ef...
Wednesday, January 25, 2023

COVID-19 conspiracy theories that spread fastest focused on evil, secrecy

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Covid 19 Conspiracy Initiated Image Credit:  Dr StClaire In the early pandemic, conspiracy theories that were shared the most on Twitter hig...

Interfering in big decisions friends and family take could violate a crucial moral right, philosopher argues

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Two people speaking, sat at a table  Photo Credit: Charles Deluvio If you’ve told an adult friend or family member that they should not take...
Friday, January 6, 2023

Lost in Translation: How "Risky" Amino Acids Abort Elongation in Protein Synthesis

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Elongation, a crucial step in the translation process of protein synthesis, gets disrupted by amino acid sequences with an abundance of N-te...