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Q&A: Gun violence pressures elected officials to make reformsWith three mass shooting within a week leaving 24 Californians dead, public policy makers are searching for answers.... Read more
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Asian American shootings: This is 'not an exception' and other issues need to be discussed, says professorDays after two California massacres involving the Asian American community, many are seeking to understand what drove two men to commit these crimes. Primary among questions are the role of culture and society, and whether mental health is a pressing issue in the Asian American community.... Read more
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Are millennials getting more conservative as they age? Why it's hard to know"As people age, they become more conservative" is a well worn political aphorism. It is cited frequently in discussions and research about generational politics. It's been deployed in various ways in the popular discourse—a way of talking about the limits of progressive politics and the power of folk wisdom.... Read more
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Urban elites seize most of the benefits of big cities, finds studyUrban inequality in Europe and the United States is so severe that urban elites claim most of the benefits from the agglomeration effects that big cities provide, while large parts of urban populations get little to nothing. In a study published in Nature Human Behaviour, researchers at Linköping University show... Read more
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Deepfakes: Faces created by AI now look more real than genuine photosEven if you think you are good at analyzing faces, research shows many people cannot reliably distinguish between photos of real faces and images that have been computer-generated. This is particularly problematic now that computer systems can create realistic-looking photos of people who don't exist.... Read more
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Canceling plans with a friend? Research says don't lieYou've made plans to meet up with a good friend in a few hours, but now all you want to do is go home, change into sweats and binge watch "Game of Thrones." What do you say to your friend? Will they be upset?... Read more
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New study suggests that when forecasting trends, reading a bar chart versus a line graph biases our judgementA new study suggests that the format in which graphs are presented may be biasing people into being too optimistic or pessimistic about the trends the graphs display.... Read more
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When speaking up at work, talk to someone who can take action, study recommendsConventional wisdom says it pays to speak up at work: When an employee offers a novel idea for workplace improvements, and managers listen and act, both the organization and employee win.... Read more
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Work from home success linked to work/life boundariesRemote jobs can help workers craft more satisfying lives, with higher psychological well-being and work engagement, but only if that work occurs during regularly contracted hours, according to new ILR School research.... Read more
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US wealth gap widening more quickly than Europe's: StudyThe wealth gap was partly due to significant rises in stock market prices, according to the new study from Imperial College Business School, published in the Journal of Monetary Economics.... Read more
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Investigating ways to speed up the abolishment of female circumcisionFemale circumcision is so harmful that it is quite clear that society would be better off without this kind of practice, but so far progress has been slow.... Read more
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Death and dying: How different cultures deal with grief and mourningGrief is a universal emotion. It's something we all feel, no matter where we come from or what we've been through. Grief comes for us all and as humans who form close relationships with other people, it's hard to avoid.... Read more
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Tracking online hate speech that follows real-world eventsA machine-learning analysis has revealed patterns in online hate speech that suggest complex—and sometimes counterintuitive—links between real-world events and different types of hate speech. Yonatan Lupu of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on January 25.... Read more
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Typical mass shooters are in their 20s and 30s: Suspects in California's latest killings are far from that averageThe two men who shot dead 18 people in separate incidents just days apart in California are the latest perpetrators in America's long history of mass gun violence. But something about these public shootings, and the men held responsible, stands out.... Read more
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Why loneliness is both an individual thing and a shared result of the cities we createIf you're feeling lonely, you're not alone. Loneliness is an increasingly common experience, and it can have severe consequences. People who feel lonely are at higher risk of serious health issues, including heart disease, immune deficiency and depression.... Read more