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Women commit far fewer sexual offenses than men, and their risk of reoffending after returning to the community is also much lower.This post was originally published on this site

Researchers from the Center for Food Policy at City St George’s, University of London and Scotland’s Rural College have set out six key areas for action that could help households cut down on food waste […]

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the wrong way round—showing the Mediterranean to the East—but its inclusion set […]

According to an EHU study, lack of social support leads to increased loneliness of bisexual people. The work by Garikoitz Azkona of the Psychobiology group explored the relationship between sexual orientation and loneliness. It detected […]

As global attention turns to rumors that FIFA may award a new “Peace Prize” to US President Donald Trump later next month, new research has argued that public debates about politics and sport need far […]

Humanitarian migrants (refugees) in Australia remain significantly less likely to be employed than non-humanitarian migrants, even after five years of resettlement, largely due to employer discrimination rather than any shortfall in skills or language, a […]

A new tool shows it is possible to turn down the partisan rancor in an X feed—without removing political posts and without the direct cooperation of the platform.This post was originally published on this site

Instagram users may overestimate the extent to which they are addicted to the platform, according to research conducted on 1,204 U.S. adults published in Scientific Reports. The findings suggest that for most social media users, […]

A spatial analysis of crime in Chicago suggests that certain environmental and socioeconomic factors, such as building density, are linked with crime rates, but these relationships differ between neighborhoods. The study also reveals discrepancies between […]

Ph.D. candidate Layla van Wieringen examined how extremist beliefs are passed on within households. In her dissertation “Rotten Trees, Bad Apples? Understanding the Intergenerational Transmission of Extremism,” she reveals a reality that media and politics […]