Tag: society

For Happy Sons, Avoid These Plastics in Pregnancy

Prenatal Bisphenol A exposure linked to anxiety and depression in boys ...

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Loitered Lens: Présence Autochtone 2016

Visuals from Canada's festival of First Nation culture...

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Does Your Dog Love You, Or The Treat You’re Holding?

Study explores canine reward preferences...

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Pimp My Profile: The Unstoppable Rise of Online Prostitution

Prostitution has gone online - and pimps are thriving ...

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Drugs: The Only Issue In Which Ignorance is a Virtue

Maybe our ‘war on drugs’ should be reframed as a ‘war’ on ignorance...

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Faster Cats, Quicker Smut: Laser Wi-Fi

White light from lasers demonstrates data speeds of up to 2 GB/s...

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Drinking for Two. Does Marriage Increase or Decrease Alcohol Consumption?

Does marriage affect drinking? A new study provides insights ...

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On Snapchat, Azealia Banks, and New Media Plagiarism

Whilst being influential is satisfying, it's frustrating watching your artwork become an unattributed meme ...

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Asthma Pill Could Replace Inhalers

Asthma pill could reduce symptoms in severe sufferers ...

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Backslap or Backstab – How Conflict Varies by Gender

Study shows men follow up conflict with friendly gestures more than women...

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State-Scrounging and the Single Mother

Work, motherhood, singledom - the no-win blame game that winds the taxpayer right up...

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Loitered Lens: Cambridge Folk Festival 2016

Colours and curios from the UK's premier folk event - Cambridge Folk Festival, photos....

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Uncoupled Forever. The Science of Single Life

Single people have richer social lives, more psychological growth than married people...

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Smartphone Exercises to Reduce Stress

University of Basel researchers develop Smartphone exercises for a better mood...

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Just Not the Damned Archers – An Ode to Radio Four

A grown-up relationship that lasts - the erudite but soothing appeal of Radio Four...

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Should You Trust Your Gut Instinct? What Do Psychologists Say?

Systematic reasoning appears to beat intuition for recognizing emotions in others, study says...

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We Can Think That For You Wholesale: Do Think Tanks Work?

Do think-tanks matter? A UBC professor says 'think again' ...

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Pop Symbols and Unsettling Icons (Kyary Pamyu Pamyu @ Koko)

On hyper-reality, symbolism, visual constructs and pop music. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu at Koko ...

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Something You Didn’t Know About the Lipstick Index

Cosmetic therapy: The link between makeup and a down economy ...

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Sand, Solitude, Space. Zakaria Wakrim: Amarg (Photography)

Zakaria Wakim's photography encounters the heart of solitude in the Sahara desert...

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Shake Dem Pixels: Sexualization in Video Games Down

Sexualizaton of female video game characters has diminished since the 1990s ...

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High Times, Blue Rinses. Drug Abuse and the Elderly

Many elderly people are receiving and using prescription medications inappropriately ...

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Boredom Breeds Swivel-Eyed Loons? Existential Ennui and Extremism

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”B/dropcaporedom, it seems, is a contributing cause to political extremism. Evidently, the smartphone age has had its usual inflationary...

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Sugar, Spice and Shrapnel. How Female Terrorists Control Extreme Networks

Study reveals that although women remain under the radar in terrorist organizations, they hold the networks together...

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Congressman John Lewis: You Can Sit, But What Do You Stand For?

A recent Washington sit-in by the Civil Rights veteran offers little but an entrenchment of the establishment...

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The Predictably Easy Method of Transporting Illegal Drugs

Black, Hispanic drivers stopped most often, white drivers most likely to have contraband ...

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The Idle Poor and the ‘Link’ Between Violence and Hot Climates

Climate 'impacts life strategies, time orientation, self-control', claim Ohio researchers...

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Dirty Desk, Stinky Mind: The Skinny on How Workplace Affects Brain

Your workplace could affect brain function ...

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For Teenage Boys: The Proven Way to Double Your Female Friends

Teenage boys who show empathy attract 1.8 more girlfriends than boys who don't....

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Old Dog, New Trick, No Thanks? How Declining Dopamine Levels Affect Decision Making

Brain chemistry may explain why older people take fewer risks ...

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