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Youth protesters in Nepal are in the global spotlight for their angry response to the government’s sweeping social media ban in an apparent attempt to silence their dissent. The government’s actions ignited mass protests—led largely […]

You’re in a meeting when your boss suggests changing a number to make the quarterly report look stronger. Heads nod. The slides move on. You feel a knot in your stomach: Do you speak up […]

College students’ relationships with friends, professional staff members, faculty and other members of their campus community are an important factor in their willingness to report hazing to their institutions, according to a new study from […]

Advances in AI technology have ushered in a new era of digital romance, where people are forming intimate emotional connections with chatbots. For many, these AI companions are a crucial lifeline, helping to combat feelings […]

For decades, studies and societal narratives have suggested that women score lower on standardized intelligence tests, are less competitive, and are less financially literate than men. But are these presumed traits accurately measured?This post was […]

A new study provides evidence of the explosive growth of private club and travel teams in youth sports over the past 60 years.This post was originally published on this site

Negative stereotypes about construction workers could be costing lives on building sites, according to new international research led in collaboration with Charles Darwin University (CDU).This post was originally published on this site

Dog owners are often associated with personality traits of being social and community-oriented, while “cat people” are often thought of as introverted and more open-minded, according to prior research.This post was originally published on this […]

“Get a job!” shouted yet another driver going past me in the sweeping rain outside Preston New Road fracking site, on another bitingly cold winter’s day. Recipients of these outbursts were mostly retirees like the […]

Although scholarship has demonstrated the inextricability of the history of science from the histories of industry and politics, little attention has been paid to the role of political parties in the shaping of scientific inquiry. […]