Study: Loan debt can shape students' college years, experiences
An Indiana University study found that college students' experiences are largely shaped by the debt they accrue, with debt-free students more likely to live the "play hard" lifestyle often associated...
View ArticleHate crime is a daily reality
Hate crime is still a daily reality for many people in Wales, according to a new study by the University and Race Equality First.
View ArticleMotivating women to forget the message: When do breast cancer ads backfire?
After a traumatic experience, the details we remember surrounding the event are sometimes foggy. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers remember the least when they...
View ArticleBeetles who socialise more spend more time judging their opponents
Burying beetles that have been in contests for food and resources previously will spend more time assessing their opponent but this cautious behaviour doesn't mean they're more likely to win, say...
View ArticleSocial experience drives empathetic, pro-social behavior in rats
Empathy-driven behavior has been observed in rats who will free trapped companions from restrainers. This behavior also extends toward strangers, but requires prior, positive social interactions with...
View ArticleVideo: Mice can inherit learned sensitivity to smell
Trauma can scar people so indelibly that their children are affected. History provides examples of generations traumatized by war and starvation whose children experience altered physiology. Emory...
View ArticleCan baby boomers hand over their keys and stay connected?
Time is ticking for baby boomers, with many older drivers fearing the day they hand over their license as a day they will lose their independence.
View ArticleBarriers to opportunity
How much does your neighborhood determine your life chances? Sociologist and urban planner Xavier de Souza Briggs recently completed a 20-year social experiment on ghetto poverty that asked: If people...
View ArticleHitchhiking robot reaches journey's end in Canada
A chatty robot with an LED-lit smiley face sent hitchhiking across Canada this summer as part of a social experiment reached its final destination Thursday after several thousand kilometers on the road.
View ArticleNASA image: Sunrise from the International Space Station
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman posted this image of a sunrise, captured from the International Space Station, to social media on Oct. 29, 2014. Wiseman wrote, "Not every day is easy. Yesterday was a tough...
View ArticleRe-inventing the mailing list is one way to reduce email stress
We all feel it—that panicked sensation when we check our inbox and see the deluge of emails awaiting our attention. The average person receives upwards of 150 emails a day, and it often seems like no...
View ArticleNeuroscientist investigates how our social lives affect our brains
Want a healthy brain? Get a little help from your friends.
View ArticleHitchhiking robot's cross-country trip in US ends in Philly
A hitchhiking robot that captured the hearts of fans worldwide met its demise in the U.S.
View ArticleSociety continues to value mothers over women who do not have children, but...
How are women with no children faring in a society where being a mother, or not, continues to be used as a measure of a woman's worth?
View ArticleImage: Good morning from the International Space Station
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) shared this photograph on social media, taken from the International Space Station on Sept. 10, 2015. Kelly wrote, "#GoodMorning Texas! Great view of you,...
View ArticleWorkplace mentors benefit female employees more than men
The success of online networking sites such as LinkedIn illustrates the popularity of building a wide-ranging contact list. Yet when it comes to raising one's profile within the workplace, female...
View ArticleFor prairie voles, later socialization can beat childhood neglect
No matter how neglected the child, there's still hope – at least for prairie voles. That's the message of a new study from a Cornell psychologist that could have implications for human health and...
View Article50 percent of retail will be automated by 2020
Retail experts at Fujitsu Americas today offered projections for the future of retail and the implications for enterprise technology.
View ArticleLuxury fashion world upending tradition to join digital age
Buying luxury clothes online right off the runway. Trying them on virtually. Not having to wait months for the new collection to ship.
View ArticleHow tablets and YouTube can empower people with intellectual disabilities
About two per cent of Canadians have an intellectual disability (ID). These individuals face substantial challenges—some related to the stigma of their condition, others because of their difficulty...
View ArticleWhat your emojis say about you
When you add a smiley face to the end of a message, you may be saying more than you realise. Emoticons, faces formed from punctuation symbols such as :-), and emojis, picture symbols, are now common...
View ArticleTrust fosters networking and knowledge sharing
A group of researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute have examined how a communication network can arise within a new experiment called 'Expert Game'. They discovered that the driving mechanism for the...
View ArticleUnpaid work experience rife in Australia – report
Unpaid work experience is widespread in Australia, with more than half of young adults having undertaken an unpaid placement, according to research conducted for the Federal Government's Department of...
View ArticleSociologists urge use of big data to study human interaction
The internet dominates our world and each one of us is leaving a larger digital footprint as more time passes. Those footprints are ripe for studying, experts say.
View ArticleSociable crayfish get drunk more easily than loners
Few studies have investigated how prior social experience affects sensitivity to alcohol, but now a study from the University of Maryland shows that sociable crayfish are more sensitive than loners and...
View ArticleNature and nurture dictate the social structure
Climbing the economic ladder depends on personality traits as well as financial and social background according to research from the University of Aberdeen.
View ArticleRoommates not all they're cracked up to be (if you're a lizard)
In a new study of lizard social behaviour, researchers at Macquarie University have discovered that despite their social nature, family-living lizards do not necessarily thrive in a 'share-house'...
View ArticleStudy suggests people less likely to fact check news when in company of other...
(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with Columbia University has conducted a series of experiments regarding how much effort people are willing to exert in fact-checking news stories. In their paper...
View ArticleSmart tech makes smarter shoppers
Shops will find it pays to wise up to the ways smart technology upgrades customer experience. That's the message from a new study on how people shop.
View ArticleOnline risks are routine for teens, most bounce back
Teens routinely encounter online risks, such as sexual solicitations, cyberbullying and explicit material, but research shows that the negative effects of such exposure appear to be temporary,...
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