Researchers have found that adolescents focus more on their own interests compared to adults when navigating social dilemmas, even when their interaction partners show greater willingness to cooperate. The study, published today in eLife , […]
Crop insurance plays a critical role in agricultural risk management by providing financial protection when disasters such as flooding, hail, or fire occur. It is also a large part of the spending in the Farm […]
The circular economy concept is often thought of as a model to eliminate waste and pollution—but when applied thoughtfully, circular approaches can create jobs, strengthen local economies, improve public health and more, according to new […]
Is wittiness a kind of fitness? Ljiljana Progovac explores the idea that quick-wittedness—using and combining words in a clever and funny way—has been actively selected for in humans from the dawn of language. The findings […]
Violence perpetrated by members of one’s own ethnic group produces up to five times more trauma than violence from opposing groups. Joan Barceló and Keshana Ratnasingham examined mental health outcomes among Tamil civilians in postwar […]
As global temperatures climb, rainfall patterns are shifting in ways that could put water resources and agriculture under increasing strain, a new study published in Water Resources Research suggests.This post was originally published on this […]
Established in 1868 with the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, birthright citizenship grants citizenship to all persons born on U.S. soil regardless of the parents’ citizenship status. If birthright citizenship is […]
Germany’s largest companies are deeply entangled with rival businesses in China and the US, and unable to escape either superpower, according to new research published by the University of Sussex and King’s College London. The […]
Researchers at Murdoch University have developed a forensic intelligence tool which could help police link the victims of serial offenders by analyzing their facial appearance. The study, “Development of face similarity linkage for the attribution […]
Scientific expeditions require months of planning before scientists can acquire the first data. A bark cuts through the Arctic silence, waking Anna up. She slept only three hours after collecting the last sample. Anna reaches […]
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