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SlaveVoyages, a tool for data on history’s largest slave trades, is getting a new home.This post was originally published on this site

You may have seen them around town or in the news. Bumper stickers on Teslas broadcasting to anyone who looks: “I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy.”This post was originally published on this […]

Following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minneapolis in 2020, the U.S. has undergone a national reckoning over crime prevention and police reform.This post was originally published on this site

Nearly a half-century after the Supreme Court ruled that school spankings are permissible and not “cruel and unusual punishment,” many U.S. states allow physical punishment for students who have misbehaved.This post was originally published on […]

When Grandma and Grandpa are in charge, the children are likely staring at a screen—a long-standing parental complaint now supported by University of Arizona research.This post was originally published on this site

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have demonstrated that intensified environmental variability (EV) can promote the evolution of cooperation through simulation based on evolutionary game theory.This post was originally published on this site

Secondary school boys get lower grades than girls and this is partly due to the fact that their friends are more likely to misbehave at school. That is the conclusion of a research study conducted […]

Using Major League Baseball as a case study, Cornell research highlights potential shortcomings in diversity metrics that could obscure inequities in sports and other organizations.This post was originally published on this site

Research by a West Virginia University behavioral expert shows that many people won’t ask to join others’ plans because they think—often wrongly—that “self-invitations” tend to be resented.This post was originally published on this site

Americans are more likely to discuss climate change with family and friends if they feel worried or at risk, perceive society as supportive of pro-climate behaviors or see global warming depicted in the media, according […]