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Half of all jobs in the U.S. are found through recommendations in informal networks, such as LinkedIn. High-paying jobs are usually filled by influential people with inside knowledge. Groups that are underrepresented on the job […]

Many of us will soak in the merriment and drama that family gatherings bring during Thanksgiving. But beyond the Thanksgiving dinner table, new research suggests that living and being around family more often affects our […]

When asked in Arabic about the number of civilian casualties killed in the Middle East conflict, ChatGPT gives significantly higher casualty numbers than when the prompt was written in Hebrew, as a new study by […]

Across America, the pandemic threw into sharp relief the challenges that parents—particularly mothers—face when balancing work with child rearing. But for professor Claudia Olivetti, that tension has been her life’s work.This post was originally published […]

Loneliness is on the rise in the U.S., with a third of Americans reporting they’ve experienced “serious loneliness” in recent years. Lonely people are twice as likely to become depressed, and loneliness is a key […]

New University of Virginia research is pinpointing when young children begin recognizing what they believe to be unfair treatment in the classroom.This post was originally published on this site

Screen use and internet safety are two of the top concerns Australian parents have about their kids’ health and well-being—even ranking ahead of diet, exercise and depression.This post was originally published on this site

The war in Ukraine has just edged up another notch. It has not been going well for Ukraine in recent months, and this week Joe Biden’s administration made the decision to allow Ukraine to fire […]

We all know what words we might shout out when we stub a toe or touch something hot. For those of us who speak English, it’s probably “ouch.”This post was originally published on this site

There is a seemingly endless stream of news headlines about plummeting birth rates. Many have alarmist narratives about the perils of “baby busts” and “population decline.” This reflects a deep-seated anxiety about what declining birth […]