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Researchers say more needs to be done to protect the mental well-being of jurors required to sit through the harrowing evidence presented in some trials.This post was originally published on this site

Ahead of World Teachers’ Day, education experts at the University of South Australia are calling for urgent action to counteract gender stereotypes and bring more men into early childhood education.This post was originally published on […]

Across the globe, many more men than women hold political office. One reason for this disparity is a seeming gender difference in political ambition: Girls start to show less interest in political activities and pursuits […]

When natural disasters strike, they shatter lives, disrupt routines and loosen the emotional ties people have with the places they call home. For the Italian towns of Amatrice and Accumoli, devastated by a 6.2 earthquake […]

Whisper networks are informal channels that women use to warn each other about sexual harassment, abuse or assault. The reason they work isn’t because they are secret—they work because they are contextual.This post was originally […]

Waiting can be boring, which is why we typically do anything we can to avoid it. We fill moments where we have to wait with something to keep our minds busy—such as scrolling on social […]

For the first time, a new study has tested the effectiveness of trigger warnings in real life scenarios, revealing that the vast majority of young adults choose to ignore them.This post was originally published on […]

Women who are the first in their family to attend university have fewer children on average than graduates with at least one university-educated parent, UCL researchers find.This post was originally published on this site

In Silicon Valley’s unofficial literary canon, few works loom as large as The Sovereign Individual. A kind of survival manual for 21st-century tech billionaires, it has been enthusiastically championed by Palantir and Paypal co-founder Peter […]

When it comes to caring for pets, some people worry most about physical health, while others are more concerned about financing potential health problems. But what stands out in a recent survey is that many […]