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Homestays can help refugee women adapt to life in a new countryAccording to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 117 million people are displaced worldwide. Many of those displaced from their homes are women and girls. In 2020, women and girls constituted about 46% of the refugees who were resettled in Canada.... Read more
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The beginnings of fashion: Paleolithic eyed needles and the evolution of dressA team of researchers led by an archaeologist at the University of Sydney are the first to suggest that eyed needles were a new technological innovation used to adorn clothing for social and cultural purposes, marking the major shift from clothes as protection to clothes as an expression of identity.... Read more
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Champagne and strawberries vs pints and pies: Psychologist explores Wimbledon and sporting preferencesAs the world gears up for another thrilling Wimbledon tournament, Dr. Elisabeth Blagrove, a psychologist at The University of Warwick, ponders why Wimbledon has long been considered posh and what it might mean if you prefer tennis over football, particularly during overlapping events like the Wimbledon Championships and the Euros.... Read more
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How divorce is boosting gender equality in Sweden—new studySingle mothers are one of the most vulnerable groups in societies around the world. In Sweden, the number of women with these care responsibilities has nearly halved over the past two decades. What has caused this change? Are we seeing a dramatic reversal in the global trend of increasing separations... Read more
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Black-affirming campus spaces are vital for Black student academic successSeveral universities and colleges in Canada signed on to the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education in November 2021.... Read more
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New study shows meaningful social interactions boost well-being, but context mattersEngaging in meaningful social interactions with peers is associated with lower loneliness and greater affective well-being, new research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science finds. Researchers followed three cohorts of university students over three years, collecting data on their social interactions and momentary well-being.... Read more
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Parenting choices and parenting styles important in transmission of extremist views within familiesDo children growing up in a jihadist or right-wing extremist household develop the same extremist views as their parents? That depends in part on broader parenting choices and parenting styles, according to research by the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA).... Read more
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It's not naïve: Treating youth violence as a disease gets resultsWithin a few months of returning to in-person classes when the COVID-19 pandemic eased in mid-2021, San Francisco public schools found themselves in serious trouble. Brawling group fights seemed to come one after another. Some students—even middle schoolers—were bringing knives and guns to school, and at least one serious injury... Read more
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Dissertation examines perceptions of 'Swedishness' and the boundaries of in-group membershipWho can claim to be Swedish? And when this claim is made, is it accepted by others? New research shows that despite the Swedish aversion to the concept of race, there is a clear image of Swedishness: white, blonde, and blue-eyed is still the standard definition.... Read more
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Study finds motivation to compete is stronger with in-group members than with outsidersHumans not only cooperate, but also compete more with in-group members than with out-group members and strangers, a new cross-country social-psychological study shows. This 'nasty neighbor effect' came as a complete surprise to the researchers, until they started delving into animal studies. The study is published in Science Advances.... Read more
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Gazans' extreme hunger could leave its mark on subsequent generationsAs Israel's offensive in Gaza rages on, people across the entire Gaza Strip find themselves in increasingly dire circumstances, with nearly the entire population experiencing high levels of food insecurity, including malnutrition, hunger and starvation. A famine review analysis from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification reported on June 25,... Read more
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We date and marry people who are attractive as we are, new analysis findsIn good news for our egos, both men and women were pretty accurate at rating their own physical attractiveness, according to a new study. Couples also tended to be well-matched on their attractiveness, suggesting that we largely date and marry people in our own "league," at least as far as... Read more
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Young voters have growing power, but broken politics leave them 'fatalistic,' studies findYoung voters from the millennial generation and Gen Z are emerging as the demographic center of power in American politics, but new studies by UC Berkeley researchers find they are fatalistic about critical problems such as economic inequality, climate change and the future of democracy.... Read more
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Overburdened caseworkers put foster youths' online safety on the back burnerFoster parents and caseworkers agree: Sexual-related risks are the top concern for online safety for youths in the U.S. child welfare system. But how these two groups approach technology access and other online risks is conflicted, according to research from the University of Notre Dame.... Read more
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What can social media tell us about public views on climate change?IIASA researchers contributed to a new study, analyzing the main narratives in public discussions of climate change on social media. The research is published in the journal Current Research in Environmental Sustainability.... Read more