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- In this age of artificial intelligence, data tampering and genetic manipulation, it seems that the nature of fraud and deception in competitive sport is becoming increasingly sophisticated. So, it seems almost surprising to see cheating in sport take a relatively old-fashioned form of late: tampering with equipment.
- If you've ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact between different groups often drives change.
- The ability to learn socially from one another is a defining feature of the human species. Social learning enables humans to gradually accumulate information across generations. And although we are able to build cities full of skyscrapers, send people into space, and collectively develop cures for diseases, most studies investigating social learning mechanisms focus on relatively simple, abstract tasks that bear little resemblance to real-world social learning environments.
- The early morning light spills over the raised beds of a thriving community garden in Harlem, New York. It's a Saturday, and people of all ages move among the plants—harvesting collard greens, making compost and packing bags of fresh vegetables.
- Imagine a country with deep political divisions, where different groups don't trust each other and violence seems likely. Now, imagine a flood of political images, hateful memes and mocking videos from domestic and foreign sources taking over social media. What is likely to happen next?
- Netflix's hit drama, Adolescence, has reignited debates about the impact of the manosphere and violence against women.
- With Canada's federal election approaching, political parties are focused on mobilizing voters. However, they may be overlooking how ethnic communities are already shaping the country's political life.
- Four in five women surveyed in Northern Ireland said their first experience of sexist behavior or harassment by men happened when they were children, according to a new study.
- A new study co-led by Dr. Eran Amsalem from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Dr. Michael Nicholas Stagnaro of MIT challenges long-held beliefs about the role of information in political discourse: factual knowledge, rather than deepening political divides, can actually help bridge them.
- The story goes that the late billionaire Australian media magnate Kerry Packer once visited a Las Vegas casino, where a Texan was bragging about his ranch and how many millions it was worth.
- Politically motivated attacks, carried out by lone individuals lacking direct affiliation with any terrorist group, have become more common in Europe during the last few decades.
- People's perceptions of magic tricks and why they are effective are often in direct contrast to how magicians feel their performances are being received by their audiences, new research has suggested.
- Mothers who benefit from free state-funded childcare are less likely to look after elderly and sick members of their household, including their parents, new research shows.
- Dr. Ozge Ozduzen and co-authors Dr. Bogdan Lanosev and Dr. Billur Aslan Ozgul have collaborated on a study recently published in European Politics and Society. The paper titled "'They don't care about you, me or anyone else': populist storytelling in anti-lockdown protests" explores populism and populist social movements based on go-along interviews and participant observation during anti-lockdown protests in three cities in the U.K.
- In recent years, the number of students missing school has risen steeply. In the UK, one in 50 students missed more than 50% of school in 2022–23. Previously, almost 95% of sampled students were found to miss school regularly because going caused them significant emotional distress, a phenomenon known as school distress. Of this sample, many students were diagnosed with neurodivergent disorders or autism.
- Teachers lack the time to talk in-depth to boys and young men who may be influenced by online misogynists, research says.
- Most young people from Black and racial minoritized communities surveyed about their social media use said they saw racist content at least once a week, a new report says.
- A recent sociological study explored how children's health habits are shaped by their families and communities and how those habits are connected to social class. Researchers said policies seeking to change health behaviors that fail to account for these influences may not be successful.
- Most people generally are more concerned about the immediate risks of artificial intelligence than they are about a theoretical future in which AI threatens humanity. A new study by the University of Zurich reveals that respondents draw clear distinctions between abstract scenarios and specific tangible problems and particularly take the latter very seriously.
- A new analysis of school shootings in the U.S. suggests that most shooters had a social background in which guns were a key leisure item, with attached meanings of bonding and affection, which also translated into easy access to firearms. Anne Nassauer of the University of Erfurt, Germany, presents these findings in PLOS One.
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