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Showing posts with label Social Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Science. Show all posts
Thursday, June 23, 2022

Research finds LGBTQ people face barriers to health care, especially in rural areas

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LGBTQ people may face unique barriers to health care, according to a new study by Zachary Ramsey, doctoral candidate in the WVU School of Pu...
Friday, June 17, 2022

Flawed research not retracted fast enough to prevent spread of misinformation

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People who engage with research critically on Twitter may contribute to valuable conservations about science, new research suggests. Illustr...
Friday, May 27, 2022

‘Transformative’ effects of mass gatherings like Burning Man are lasting

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Photo by Curtis Simmons, Flickr: simmons_tx Throughout history, mass gatherings such as collective rituals, ceremonies, and pilgrimages have...

Unlocking the Secrets of the Brain

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Roberto Vargas Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have explored the regions of the brain where concrete and abstract concepts materia...
Saturday, May 7, 2022

Children could find it easier to reach a healthier weight if their parents are addressing their own weight

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New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, the Netherlands (4-7 May), has found that many parents atten...
Thursday, April 28, 2022

Higher COVID-19 Death Rates in the Southern U.S. Due to Behavior Differences

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During the pre-Omicron phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, regions of the U.S. had markedly different mortality rates, primarily due to differe...
Monday, April 25, 2022

The destructive power of language

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Hate expressions can take many forms - they can also be very subtle in the field of language. Credit: Roberto Schirdewahn Artificial intelli...
Monday, November 29, 2021

Bots talk like humans but their cloned personalities give them away

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The image indicates the amount of genuine human accounts (blue) and fake bot accounts (red) by different ages and personality scores within ...

People want a better world after the COVID-19 pandemic but don’t believe it will really happen

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Photo by Ron Lach from Pexels People strongly favor a fairer and more sustainable way of life in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite ...
Sunday, November 28, 2021

Morally divided societies more likely to elect extreme political leaders

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Unorthodox leaders who shake up the political system are more likely to be elected if people believe their society is morally divided and br...
Thursday, November 25, 2021

Misinformation about COVID-19 spreads faster on social media

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New research has found that the amount of misinformation related to COVID-19 is disproportionately higher than content produced by fact-che...
Monday, November 22, 2021

Justinianic Plague was nothing like flu and may have hit England before Constantinople

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Detail of the mosaic of Justinianus I in the Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy  Credit: Petar Milošević ‘Plague sceptics’ are wrong to ...
Sunday, November 14, 2021

Safe Thanksgiving playbook as new COVID surge expected

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As the U.S. braces for a new surge of COVID-19 cases expected to start hitting around Thanksgiving, Northwestern Medicine experts offer a pl...
Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Treating opioid use disorder in remote areas

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The most sparsely populated regions of the American West often are unable to provide local treatment for opioid use disorder. Long driving d...

Get your kids ages 5-11 vaccinated once approved

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Vaccination will help break the cycle of frequent PCR testing, quarantining, isolation Parents are likely to learn around Halloween whether ...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Rates of infectious disease linked to authoritarian attitudes and governance

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  According to psychologists, in addition to our physiological immune system we also have a behavioral one: an unconscious code of conduct t...
Monday, September 20, 2021

Pandemic Has Triggered a Cycle of Mental Health Struggles and Physical Inactivity

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Photo by Liza Summer from Pexels   A large, multi-state study highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic has created a cyclical public health prob...
Sunday, September 5, 2021

Fruits, vegetables sold in U.S. are products of forced labor

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  A study published in Nature Food involving academics at The University of Nottingham calls attention to the need for better systems to tra...
Friday, August 27, 2021

Together, but still apart

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 Social disconnection is a lack of social, emotional and physical engagement with other people. This results in isolation and loneliness. R...