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December 10, 2023

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Researchers Develop Grassroots Framework for Managing Environmental Commons

Dec. 6, 2023 — A team of sustainability scientists recently announced that they have developed a community-based framework, founded on extensive local and traditional knowledge, to help assess and respond to the kinds of ecological threats that are widely ...

A Study Unveils the Link Between Musical Preferences and Our Inner Moral Compass

Nov. 29, 2023 — A new study provides compelling evidence that music preferences can serve as a window into an individual's moral values. It has uncovered an important link between music and morality, paving the way ...

To Help Autonomous Vehicles Make Moral Decisions, Researchers Ditch the 'Trolley Problem'

Dec. 1, 2023 — Researchers have developed a new experiment to better understand what people view as moral and immoral decisions related to driving vehicles, with the goal of collecting data to train autonomous ...

US Men Die 6 Years Before Women, as Life Expectancy Gap Widens

Nov. 14, 2023 — We've known for more than a century that women outlive men. But new research shows that, at least in the United States, the gap has been widening for more than a ...

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Threatened Sharks and Rays Caught Off Cyprus

Nov. 6, 2023 — Sharks and rays from threatened species are being caught off northern Cyprus, according to a new study by scientists who are working with local authorities and fishers to protect the ...

AI Should Be Better Understood and Managed -- New Research Warns

Nov. 2, 2023 — Artificial Intelligence (AI) and algorithms can and are being used to radicalize, polarize, and spread racism and political instability, says an academic. An expert argues that AI and algorithms are ...

Brain Injury Expert Says Important Changes Still Needed to Law Defining Death Despite Reform Pause

Oct. 25, 2023 — After surveying the views expressed by 41 advocacy, medical, and transplant-focused organizations on the Uniform Determination of Death Act, a brain ...

Ensuring Fairness of AI in Healthcare Requires Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration

Oct. 20, 2023 — New perspective argues pursuing fair AI for healthcare requires cross-disciplinary collaboration to translate methods into real-world ...

Keeping a Human in the Loop: Managing the Ethics of AI in Medicine

Oct. 20, 2023 — Increasingly used in medicine, AI raises both hopes and concerns. An international task force has laid out recommendations to ensure AI medical devices help patients and avoid worsening health ...

Familiarity Breeds Contempt for Moral Failings

Oct. 17, 2023 — People judge members of their own circles more harshly than they judge individuals from other groups for the same transgressions, new research has ...

Flagship Individual Animals Can Boost Conservation

Oct. 12, 2023 — 'Flagship' individual animals like Cecil the lion or Freya the walrus can boost conservation, new research ...

Killing Remains a Threat to Bornean Orangutans

Oct. 10, 2023 — New research has found despite considerable conservation efforts, the illegal killing of critically endangered orangutans on Borneo may be an ongoing threat to the species. ...

Protecting Lands Slows Biodiversity Loss Among Vertebrates by Five Times

Sep. 27, 2023 — Protecting large swaths of Earth's land can help stem the tide of biodiversity loss -- especially when those protected areas are in less disturbed landscapes and in countries with effective national ...

Curiosity About Religion Is Viewed as Morally Virtuous, New Research Finds

Sep. 21, 2023 — People from diverse religious backgrounds in the United States view curiosity about religion as morally virtuous, according to new research. Atheists also view this curiosity as moral, although less ...

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New Heat Map Charts Unequal Civic Opportunity in the United States

Nov. 13, 2023 — People in many parts of the United States possess few chances for the robust community engagement that underpins healthy democracies, according to a new report that for the first time maps civic ...

New Interactive Evidence-Based Mapping Tool Gives Policymakers More Insight Into Highly Concentrated Cannabis Products

Nov. 8, 2023 — After conducting the first scoping review of its kind, researchers have developed an evidence-based interactive mapping tool to assist policymakers as they consider regulating the concentration of ...

Rewarding Women More Like Men Could Reduce Wage Gap

Nov. 6, 2023 — Addressing the shortage of women in STEM fields such as computer science is not enough to close the gender gap: Treating women more like men, especially on pay day, is more important than ...

Harsh Workplace Climate Is Pushing Women out of Academia, Review Finds

Oct. 20, 2023 — In the largest-ever review of faculty retention in the United States, researchers reveal how harassment, a sense of not belonging and other factors contribute to a lack of gender diversity among ...

Study Links Selfies to Higher Ratings of Slimness

Oct. 11, 2023 — In a new study, participants tended to rate women's bodies as slimmer when viewed in selfie photographs than in photographs taken from other ...

Study Pinpoints the Length of Incidental Activity Linked to Health Benefits

Sep. 29, 2023 — A new wearables study tracking over 25,000 people provides the best evidence yet that short bouts of incidental activity, the kind we do as part of daily living, could reduce risk of heart attack, ...

Top Scientists, Engineers Choose Startups Over Tech Behemoths for Reasons Other Than Money

Sep. 18, 2023 — Non-monetary benefits such as independence, autonomy and the ability to work on innovative technologies are among the key selling points for talented scientists and engineers who spurn working for a ...

What the French Revolution Can Teach Us About Inflation

Sep. 18, 2023 — Study finds that politics, public expectations fuel ...

All Work and No Play Will Really Make a Dull Life

Sep. 14, 2023 — Prioritizing career goals over fun and freedom doesn't make your life better, researchers have found. The study across three countries discovered people who prioritized achievement over ...

Lions on the Brink -- New Analysis Reveals the Differing Threats to African Lion Populations

Sep. 11, 2023 — New results reveal that many of Africa's remaining lions live within small, fragmented populations at risk of disappearing. The researchers developed a new framework which integrates ecological ...

AI Can Help Write a Message to a Friend -- But Don't Do It

Sep. 11, 2023 — Using artificial intelligence applications to help craft a message to a friend is not a good idea -- at least if your friend finds out about the use of AI, a new study ...

A Positive Worldview Is Less Associated With Privilege Than Expected

Sep. 7, 2023 — A new study shows that counter to public perception, positive beliefs about the world are a poor indicator of a person's ...

A Finer Picture of Global Migration Reveals Complex Patterns

Sep. 7, 2023 — New research shows that socio-economic factors play a larger role in migration than ...

Racial and Socioeconomic Differences Still Determine Survival Rates of Premature Babies in the US

Sep. 5, 2023 — The US continues to face stark inequalities in preterm birth and mortality rates between mothers of differing socioeconomic status and race, finds a new ...

Invasive Species Are Animals, Too: Considering a Humane Approach

Sep. 5, 2023 — Invasive alien species are animals that may pose a threat to biodiversity, but it's time to deal with that threat in a more ethical ...

Precarious Employment Conditions Can Increase Risk of Early Death

Sep. 1, 2023 — People without a secure job contract can likely reduce their risk of premature death by 20 per cent if they gain permanent employment, a study ...

Extreme Weather Events Linked to Increased Child Marriage

Aug. 29, 2023 — Among the negative impacts of extreme weather events around the world is one that most people may not think of: an increase in child ...

Heavy Drinking, Handgun-Carrying Linked Among Rural Youth

Aug. 23, 2023 — Alcohol use and subsequent handgun carrying were positively associated during adolescence and young adulthood among individuals who grew up in rural areas, similar to findings in urban areas. ...

Why Childhood Adversity Impacts How a Person's Behavior Is Judged

Aug. 22, 2023 — It's human nature to be judgmental. But why do we place less blame on someone, or give more praise, if we find out that person had a history of suffering in childhood? In a recent study, ...

With Advances in in Vitro Models, Group Proposes Refined Legal Definition of an Embryo

Aug. 17, 2023 — Thanks to continuous advances in human stem cell research, studies that make use of embryo models are progressing quickly. This research offers both a scientific and ethical alternative to the use of ...

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