Health guidelines can feel contradictory and hard to interpret. But a new star rating system should help consumers and policymakers better parse the evidence behind health risks and outcomes.
This connection of springs is a new type of material that can change shape and learn new properties.
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Ryan H. Lee, University of California, Los Angeles
Computer-based neural networks can learn to do tasks. A new type of material, called a mechanical neural network, applies similar ideas to a physical structure.
Many trips to the supermarket include a small donation.
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A study of what customers experience when they’re asked to chip in for a cause during checkout suggests that retailers should be careful about participating in these campaigns.
Around 12 million Americans take out payday loans to help them pay for monthly expenses.
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In a new study, a single infusion of the antidepressant – along with repeated exposure to positive imagery – significantly reduced symptoms in depressed patients in a clinical trial.
The gender wage gap persists even in the ‘sharing economy.’
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A new study found that the device people used to communicate in a negotiation made a big difference in how likely they were to deceive for personal gain.
Meditation and mindfulness techiques are becoming increasingly common in school settings.
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College students hit the hay earlier and sleep longer when they’re offered a modest monetary incentive. But can a little extra cash really make good sleeping habits last?
A self-managed abortion is the termination of pregnancy outside the formal health care system, often with self-sourced abortion pills.
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Lauren Ralph, University of California, San Francisco
The fall of Roe v. Wade will result in more people deciding to privately end a pregnancy, a new study finds. But how often people will turn to safe versus unsafe options remains to be seen.
Psychologists aren’t sure which factors drive students to form specific academic identities, but these identities can affect career choices.
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A series of studies found that exposure to dogs leads people to make riskier financial decisions, while interactions with cats have the opposite effect.
Schools can help students see themselves working in computer science.
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While computer science courses can help students with learning disabilities see themselves in careers in the field, they are still underrepresented. A team of researchers explores why.
Demonstrators stand off with officers July 3, 2022, in Akron, Ohio, as they protest the killing of Jayland Walker, shot by police.
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New research on police departments across the country reveals a significant link between the use of fatal force and college education – the more educated are less likely to use it.
Bucking conventions can be wise.
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Different views of gentrification drive divisions that keep school activists separated by race.
Undergraduate students at the University of Nebraska Omaha collaborate on a group assignment for a STEM course.
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Female statistics students had higher final exam grades than their male peers, even though they had less confidence in their statistics abilities at the start of the semester.
Director, Institute for Social and Health Equity; Social and Healty Equity Endowed Chair, Department of Health Policy, Management, and Behavior, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York