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Aided by the Trump administration, debate over gender identity has gone from being a touchstone of domestic culture wars to infiltrating the work of international groups—including those designed to protect vulnerable communities.This post was originally […]

When the movie “Her” debuted in 2013, its plot felt like science fiction. The protagonist, Theodore, is a jaded man with no vigor for life. He comes alive after talking daily with his artificial intelligence […]

Online sexism is often dismissed as random—just a few bad comments or offensive jokes. But what appears scattered and spontaneous is increasingly structured, repeated, and amplified in ways that make it far more influential.This post […]

Imagine a stark choice. You can save one person who is likely to live another 30 years. Or you can save several people who may each live another 10 years. Should we prioritize saving more […]

In a new paper published in the British Journal of Sociology of Education, University of Sheffield researchers argue that the modern university experience is increasingly defined by stifling targets and material pressures.This post was originally […]

A medieval ophthalmologist who translated Greek works by Galen, Hippocrates, and Plato into Arabic played a pivotal role in shaping Western medical scholarship, according to a study published in the journal Cogent Arts and Humanities.This […]

Most elementary school-aged children have a surprising cognitive ability: they can detect—nearly as well as adults—when someone treats people from one social group differently than another. The study, “Children’s and adults’ detection of social biases,” […]

Debates over how geometry is understood and learned date back at least to the days of Plato, with more recent scholars concluding that only humans possess the foundations of this understanding. However, a new analysis […]

When people are talking, they can start to unconsciously mirror each other, for instance, in the words they use, their sentence structures and even hand gestures. This tendency to mirror others can lead to smoother […]

Humor plays a vital role in helping older adults cope with the challenges of aging and staying socially connected, according to new research.This post was originally published on this site