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Wealthy elite’s private travel habits spark debate over climate and inequality

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While millions of people make the effort to sort their recycling, buy fewer clothes and generally make greener choices, the world’s wealthiest can emit the same amount of carbon as the average person does in […]

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Why we sometimes avoid the truth and other times can’t stop looking for it

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A new study by Prof. Yaniv Shani of the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University and Prof. Marcel Zeelenberg of the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences reveals a surprising insight into […]

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There are countless reasons families have only one child—and they won’t grow up to be selfish or spoiled

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Are you a parent to one child? Or are you considering having a child in the future, and wondering about what your family size should be?This post was originally published on this site

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Should kids at least do a little bit of school work over the holidays?

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As the summer holidays begin in Australia, parents may feel concerned their children will “forget how to spell their own names” during the long school break.This post was originally published on this site

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Violence against women and girls: 4 key takeaways from a strategy that aims to change society

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As the UK government launches its violence against women and girls strategy, the situation it is seeking to remedy makes for hard reading.This post was originally published on this site

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Super Mario Bros. help fight burnout: Study links classic games to boosted happiness

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A new study published by JMIR Serious Games reports that popular video games, such as the Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi games, may offer meaningful emotional benefits for young adults. The research, titled “Super Mario […]

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Pimple patches have hidden our blemishes for hundreds of years—historian explains

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You may have noticed people out and about with little stickers on their faces. Perhaps you’ve seen moons, stars, clouds or even smiley faces adorning people’s cheeks and chins. Maybe you wear them yourself. While […]

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Boosting workplace opportunities for vets

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Despite the fact that the U.S. is home to over 15 million military veterans that make up more than 6% of the total workforce, little research is available about their quantitative impact on the economy.This […]

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Getting support for opening the ‘Pandora’s box’ of DNA testing

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In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we’ve come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.This post was originally published on this site

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Medieval peasants probably enjoyed their holiday festivities more than you do

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When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the reality of the 1,000-year period from 500 to 1500 was much more complex. This is […]

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Top Stories

  • ‘Weights of gold in bullion’: How the ancients invested in precious metals

    “All I want is an income of 20,000 sesterces from secure investments,” proclaims a character in a poem by Juvenal (1st–2nd century CE), the Roman poet.This post was originally published on this site
  • Treasure the emotional connections to the clothes you have and style could be a whole lot more sustainable

    With January sales around the corner, another flood of unwanted clothes risks drowning our wardrobes and the planet.This post was originally published on this site
  • Can you ‘live long and prosper’ by learning economics from Star Trek? Or is that ‘highly illogical?’

    It might seem worlds away from the Earth we know. But can “Star Trek” teach us anything about the economics of our own society?This post was originally published on this site

Highlights

  • Why central bankers look to the ‘stars’ when setting interest rates
  • AI model uses social media posts to predict unemployment rates ahead of official data
  • ‘Weights of gold in bullion’: How the ancients invested in precious metals
WHAT’S NEW
  • Why shoppers buy fast fashion even if they disagree with it
  • The ‘pawprint economy’ is booming—and it offers huge opportunities for tourism
  • ‘Lifting and shifting’ workers is not always the best answer
  • Early motherhood carries wage penalty, while delaying pays off
WHAT’S INTERESTING
  • Citizens have greater trust in parliaments with higher female representation, new research finds
  • There’s little evidence tech is much help stopping school shootings
  • Hidden bias gives ‘swing state’ voters more influence over US trade policy
  • Report challenges climate change as sole trigger of Syrian Civil War, exposing governance failures in drought response
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