Bills baring transgender teens from girls’ sports and moves to investigate parents of trans children for potential crimes provide an uncertain and dangerous future for many.
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Compared to people who aren’t as good at math, people who are better at math are more happy when they have high incomes and less happy when they have lower incomes.
When researchers look at CCTV footage of how people really react during earthquakes – as opposed to what they report after the fact – it looks like alerts aren’t yet inspiring protective action.
Sexual harassment and discrimination in gaming and tech are not inevitable or permanent, write experts in the field. The solutions are positive community standards and women in power.
Cup Noodles perwujudan kisah lintas budaya, dan perjalanan antarbenua yang mengungkapkan bagaimana Jepang memandang Amerika sejak Perang Dunia II.
People who struggle with numbers are also likely to struggle in life, new research shows.
See a package of Cup Noodles and you might think of dorm rooms and cheap calories. But there was a time when eating out of Cup Noodle’s iconic packaging exuded cosmopolitanism.
Small-group learning activities can help students build social skills while enhancing academic achievement. This is particularly important for kids who face bullying or discrimination.
A record number of Americans are quitting their jobs. But before you opt to join them, you should consider the risks and costs.
Rates of obesity and eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia both surged among young people over the past two years. Scholars explain why, and how parents can support kids dealing with body shame.
Decades of data indicate that over time, the foundations gave less to the founder’s own community and religious causes. But the share of their donations supporting social movements rose.
Communication scholars have long wondered not just who lies the most, but also whether people tend to lie more online, in person or over the phone.
LGBTQ life in popular media and conventional thinking is usually portrayed as happening only in major metro areas. Recent Pride events in rural America tell a different story of inclusion.
A Supreme Court decision in a case called Planned Parenthood v. Casey opened the door to state laws restricting availability of abortions.
A food historian spent a month at the Library of Congress trying to answer the question of why we have historically been, and remain, so focused on dietary protein. Here is what she found.
Weight discrimination, like teasing, is common among youth and linked to eating disorders and depression. Youth’s health and well-being would be best supported by not focusing on their weight.
Americans’ collective memory of school desegregation involves crowds of screaming white protesters. But less well known are the whites who stood by quietly, and those who approved of the changes.
The announcement didn’t use the word ‘divest.’ A legal scholar explains why that shouldn’t matter.
Many small animals make their teeth and claws from a smooth blend of proteins and heavy elements. These materials can form very sharp tools that make it possible to cut tough substances using tiny muscles.
How much money it takes to attain this status varies according to the size of the nonprofit getting the gift.
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Professor of Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies and Gender, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
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Assistant Professor of Media Studies/Game Studies, University of Oregon
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Communication and Media Studies Doctoral Candidate, University of Oregon
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Full Professor, Psychology and Clark Honors College, University of Oregon
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Assistant Professor of Social Media Data Analytics, University of Oregon
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Evergreen Assistant Professor of Counseling Psychology and Human Services, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Director, Center for Science Communication Research, University of Oregon
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Lecturer, Department of History, University of Oregon
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Research Associate Professor in Education, University of Oregon
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Evergreen Associate Professor of Counseling Psychology and Prevention Science, University of Oregon
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Evergreen Assistant Professor of Special Education and Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon
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Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
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Renee Irvin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management, University of Oregon
