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Ridesourcing platforms thrive on socio-economic inequality, say researchers
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Platforms that offer rides to passengers, such as Uber and DiDi, thrive…
Takeaways from AP’s investigation into fatal police encounters involving injections of sedatives
The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police spread quietly across the nation over…
How much trust do people have in different types of scientists?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Understanding why some people trust some scientists more than others is a…
Maternal grandmothers’ support buffers children against the impacts of adversity, finds study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study conducted at the University of Turku shows that investment by…
Why we like some singers’ voices and not others
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Many famous singers have distinctive voices. But why do we prefer some…
Social change may explain decline in genetic diversity of the Y chromosome at the end of the Neolithic period
The scientists studied contemporary patrilineal populations. Here, a photo of a Central Asian population. Credit: Heyer…
Scientists repair NASA’s Voyager 1 from billions of miles away
Scientists repair NASA’s Voyager 1 from billions of miles away – CBS News Watch CBS News…
Study finds rekindling old friendships as scary as making new ones
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Psychologists from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the University of Sussex have…
How long-tie connections accelerate the speed of social contagion
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Human beings are likely to adopt the thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors of…