One in six (or 15.1% of) Australian men aged over 18 recently surveyed said they had sexual feelings for a child or teen younger than 18 years.
Social Sciences
Nov 24, 2023
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Research from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) shows that the 'favorability' of a CEO's surname plays a major role in determining their job security and can increase their total compensation by as much as 4.9%.
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2023
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A new paper in Annals of Botany indicates that watching nature documentaries makes people more interested in plants, potentially provoking an involvement in botany and ecology.
Plants & Animals
Feb 16, 2023
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Some of the assessment tools that measure children's thinking skills in the U.S. may have provided inaccurate information about poor, urban students because they are modeled on wealthier—mostly white—populations.
Education
Oct 11, 2022
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News avoidance is a topical phenomenon. Now amidst the distressing news from the war in Ukraine, many people may wish to skip news altogether or at least temporarily.
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2022
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Human children are known for their sensitivity to social cues (such as eye-gaze and joint attention) more so than other primates. While most research on joint attention (two people focused on the same object) has focused ...
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2022
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Many countries are still holding elections despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Singapore just concluded its general election on Friday. Singapore's neighbour, Indonesia, plans to hold its biggest regional election in December ...
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2020
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As masks become the norm in a post-COVID-19 world, experts discuss adapting to new social cues, facial recognition and even security concerns.
Social Sciences
May 29, 2020
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Whether they occur on holiday routes or the daily commute, traffic jams affect cars as well as pedestrians. Scientists at the Research Center on Animal Cognition (CNRS/Université Toulouse III—Paul Sabatier) and the University ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 22, 2019
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Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 789. Whether this pun makes you giggle or groan in pain, your reaction is a consequence of the ambiguity of the joke. Thus far, models have not been able to fully account for the complexity ...
Quantum Physics
Mar 17, 2017
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