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Why move to a city? And why leave? Urban centers today see populations ebb and flow for a multitude of reasons—the economy, crowds, lifestyle considerations, air quality, the odd pandemic perhaps. As it turns out, […]

Comments from ordinary users on social media platforms can be a force for good, helping others identify false information and navigate what is accurate, new research shows.This post was originally published on this site

New research from the University of Eastern Finland identifies three main dimensions in perceived happiness associated with Finnish forests: a bond to natural-like forests, happiness coming from activities in forests, such as berry and mushroom […]

The prevalence of homelessness varies across communities by race, with Black communities experiencing disproportionately higher rates of homelessness across both urban and suburban communities, according to research recently conducted in the University of Rhode Island’s […]

Political attitudes and opinions can and do shift, sometimes drastically. Recent psychological research from Washington University in St. Louis offers insight into how emotional responses to threats contribute to shifts in political attitudes.This post was […]

More than 300 ostriches have been threatened with destruction in eastern British Columbia after avian flu was detected in the flock. The birds’ owners have argued this is a case of “unjust governmental overreach.”This post […]

School librarians play a significant role in supporting pupils’ well-being—but their work in this area is often overlooked, according to new research.This post was originally published on this site

Researchers at the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s Business School have questioned the so-called “tradwife” phenomenon.This post was originally published on this site

When recognizing faces and emotions, artificial intelligence (AI) can be biased, like classifying white people as happier than people from other racial backgrounds. This happens because the data used to train the AI contained a […]