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College students who work more hours are less likely to graduate, new study finds
Students who work while enrolled in college are about 20% less likely to complete their degrees than similar peers who don't work, a large and meaningful decrease in predicted graduation rates. Among those who do graduate, ...
Economics & Business
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Headless skeletons in a settlement trench: A 7,000-year-old mass grave?
During this year's excavation in Vráble, Slovakia, archaeologists from the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1266 of Kiel University (CAU) and the Archaeological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (Nitra) came ...
Archaeology
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Five types of threat: How those who want to divide us use language to stoke violence
Events like the riots in Brazil, the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection two years before it and the mass shooting at the Colorado LGBTQ nightclub each occurred after certain groups repeatedly directed dangerous rhetoric against others. ...
Social Sciences
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Feeling flat now you're #BackToWork? A post-holiday slump is normal, but these clues signal it's time for a new job
If you've found yourself feeling a bit flat after returning to work (or outright hating your job) this year, you're not alone. #BackToWork is trending for Australia on Tik Tok, with plenty of users lamenting the return to ...
Social Sciences
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What is racial battle fatigue? A school psychologist explains
When William A. Smith, a scholar of education and culture, introduced the term "racial battle fatigue" in 2003, he used it to describe the cumulative effects of racial hostility that Black people—specifically faculty and ...
Social Sciences
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The problem with Canada's immigration targets: They're 'guesstimates' easily misunderstood by the public
The illusion of science that surrounds these numbers and their emotive force make them powerful political tools that need to be better understood by the public to avoid provoking anti-immigration sentiment.
Social Sciences
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New study unveils Boltzmann fair division for distributive justice
A research team, affiliated with UNIST has proposed a fair division method from a completely different perspective, using the Boltzmann division. The research team anticipates that their model could serve as a feasible fair ...
Mathematics
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Europe's famous bog bodies may be part of a tradition that spanned millennia
An international team of archaeologists have analyzed hundreds of ancient human remains found in Europe's wetlands, revealing these "bog bodies" were part of a tradition that spanned millennia. People were buried in bogs ...
Archaeology
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Does a 'fake news' label help audiences identify false information?
Emily Van Duyn is a professor of communication at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and co-wrote recent studies that examined the effects of labeling information "fake news" on public perceptions of journalists' ...
Social Sciences
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DNA collected from slave skeletons interred in unmarked 18th-century burial ground reveals their history
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S., working with members of The Anson Street African Burial Ground Project, have discovered some of the history behind some of the enslaved people buried ...
Ancient Siberian genomes reveal genetic backflow from North America across the Bering Sea
The movement of people across the Bering Sea from North Asia to North America is a well-known phenomenon in early human history. Nevertheless, the genetic makeup of the people who lived in North Asia during this time has ...
Archaeology
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Why are women opting out of marriage around the world?
News headlines such as "Why More Women Are Choosing to Stay Single Now," "Craving Freedom, Japan's Women Opt Out of Marriage," "Nearly Half of Canadians Feel "Marriage is Simply Not Necessary,'" and "Chileans are Marrying ...
Social Sciences
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Falling birth rate not due to less desire to have children
While some people are concerned about America's falling birth rate, a new study suggests young people don't need to be convinced to have more children.
Social Sciences
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Datagotchi: The voting-prediction tool keeps learning new things
People's everyday habits may not correlate perfectly with their voting behavior. But the research team behind a made-in-Quebec app called Datagotchi has found a significant link between lifestyle and voting preference.
Social Sciences
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Study analyzes why Black people in Maine are more likely than white people to be arrested in traffic stops
Why are Black people three to four times more likely than white people to be arrested in Portland and South Portland, Maine?
Social Sciences
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Gender recognition certificates: Self-identification and the row over it explained
The UK's equalities minister, Kemi Badenoch, has announced a review of the list of countries whose gender recognition certificates are recognized by the UK. This could mean that transgender people from more than 40 countries ...
Social Sciences
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People's walking speeds measured: Who can reach the store in 15 minutes?
It's that time of the year again, when temperatures around zero, snowfall and piling snow drifts make footpaths slippery and difficult to navigate in Finland. Many of us continue to walk, but others, especially older people, ...
Social Sciences
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Discovery of the temple of Poseidon located at the Kleidi site near Samikon in Greece
The ancient Greek historian Strabo referred to the presence of an important shrine located on the west coast of the Peloponnese some 2,000 years ago. Remains of such an Archaic temple have now been uncovered at the Kleidi ...
Archaeology
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Program teaches US Air Force personnel the fundamentals of AI
A new academic program developed at MIT aims to teach U.S. Air and Space Forces personnel to understand and utilize artificial intelligence technologies. In a recent study which the program researchers recently shared at ...
Education
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When their company performs well in the stock market, employees give better tips to taxi drivers
Employees at public companies tip their taxi drivers more on days when their companies perform well in the stock market, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Social Sciences
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