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Australians have been shocked by the news two police officers were killed in rural Victoria when a 56-year-old man allegedly shot them before fleeing into the bush.This post was originally published on this site

The Queensland government will this week table legislation creating Australia’s first public child sex offender register.This post was originally published on this site

University of Texas at Arlington researcher Kathleen Preble is expanding her human trafficking research from Missouri to Texas, aiming to create a blueprint other states can use to address this growing problem.This post was originally […]

Professionals working in education, policing and safeguarding are often falling back on narrow, behavior-focused definitions of “harmful sexual behavior” that ignore the real-life social pressures young people face, according to new research from the University […]

Researchers from the University of Southampton have found that people with emotional insecurities are more affected than others when their partners choose their phone over them.This post was originally published on this site

The workplace has long been a setting for connection—and sometimes romance. In Canada, these relationships are far from rare.This post was originally published on this site

Imagine serving your country overseas, returning home and feeling unwelcome in the very place meant to support you.This post was originally published on this site

Psychologists have long considered how a tendency towards irrational thinking or particular personality traits might predict people’s interest in conspiracies. Yet these individual factors do not explain the group processes through which conspiracy theorists are […]

So your boss wants you in the office more? If this makes you anxious, you’re not alone.This post was originally published on this site

Ever felt like doing a bare minimum at work? Not investing any extra effort, not going any extra mile? You aren’t alone. That’s a known workplace phenomenon. It’s called quiet quitting.This post was originally published […]