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Expanding the definition of family to reflect our realities

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The second Monday in February is Family Day in parts of Canada. Started in Alberta in 1990, four additional provinces celebrate Family Day: British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario and New Brunswick. (Other provinces have holidays reflecting their […]

Children & Family

How intimate partner violence affects children’s health

The Conversation

Childhood should be a happy and carefree time, but often it doesn’t work out that way. Children are exposed to all the stresses and strains that affect the families and communities in which they grow […]

Children & Family

Children own around 3 digital devices on average, and few can spend a day without them

The Conversation

More than nine out of ten parents think digital media and technologies are a negative distraction in their lives. And 83% think their children are also negatively distracted by digital devices. These are some of […]

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Family meals are good for the grown-ups, too, not just the kids

The Conversation

For all the parents feeling exhausted by the cooking, cleaning and planning of a million meals during the pandemic, there’s some good news. Commensality, or the sharing of food with others, is beneficial for your […]

Children & Family

Baby bees love carbs, experiments show – here’s why that matters

The Conversation

Wild bees are essential for sustaining the landscapes we love. A healthy community of wild pollinators ensures that most flowering plants have an A-team pollinator species and a reserve bench of backups. Honeybees – just one bee species […]

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At what age are people usually happiest? New research offers surprising clues

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If you could be one age for the rest of your life, what would it be? Would you choose to be nine years old, absolved of life’s most tedious responsibilities, and instead able to spend […]

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  • Playbook developed to help businesses survive social media firestorms

    Sexist. Dystopian. This was how critics labeled a 30-second Peloton holiday ad in 2019 that featured a man giving a woman an exercise bike as a gift. Backlash was so severe that Peloton’s stock fell [...]
  • The most rigid crisis protocols tend to be the least efficient

    A study conducted by the Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) concludes that effective adaptation in crisis and emergency situations requires teams to accurately understand unfolding events and flexibly use different coordination processes. Paradoxically, the [...]
  • Australians are rethinking inner city living

    In a post-COVID world, CBD living is losing appeal with Australian residents opting for lower-density housing, according to new research from Adelaide University. Published in Regional Studies, the research examined the future direction of population [...]

Highlights

  • Flood losses often come every five to 20 years; here’s how insurance could adapt
  • Scent vs. brand image: What an EEG study reveals about luxury marketing
  • Playbook developed to help businesses survive social media firestorms
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  • Industrial research labs were invented in Europe but made the U.S. a tech superpower
  • Can childhood obesity limit the American dream? Study links it to lifelong mobility penalties
  • How shaming unethical brands makes companies improve their behavior
  • Why your brain has to work harder in an open-plan office than private offices
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  • Last nuclear weapons limits expired—pushing world toward new arms race
  • Social media advertising suppresses voting in targeted communities, research shows
  • Trust in elections declines across party lines ahead of 2026 midterms, survey finds
  • Interplay of class and gender may influence social judgments differently between cultures
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