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Internet favors the development of flexible identities among language learners

A review reveals that the interplay between technology, identity, and languages involves and encourages multiple identities, language mixing, and support for minority languages.This post was originally published on this site

Sustainable consumption needs more social pressure, study says

This year, Earth Overshoot Day fell on July 24—the date when humanity exhausted all the natural resources that Earth can regenerate in a single year. This milestone highlights the unsustainable pace at which we consume […]

Smartphones manipulate our emotions and trigger our reflexes. No wonder we’re addicted

The frequency and length of daily phone use continues to rise, especially among young people. It’s a global concern, driving recent decisions to ban phones in schools in Canada, the United States and elsewhere.This post […]

Children are capable of extreme bravery from a young age. A psychologist explains how

Developmental research often tells us how egocentric children are. Yet all too often we hear of children who are forced to demonstrate great courage and care in a crisis.This post was originally published on this […]

From the pulpit to the picket line: For many miners, religion and labor rights have long been connected in coal country

In October 2025, Cecil Roberts will officially retire from his role as president of the United Mine Workers of America. A sixth-generation coal miner, he has led the union for 30 years. Only one man […]

Wings, booze and heartbreak: What my research says about the hidden costs of sports fandom

Being from Buffalo means getting to eat some of the best wings in the world. It means scraping snow and ice off your car in frigid mornings. And it means making a lifelong vow to […]

Words matter when it comes to wages, prestige linked to female-associated jobs

A new sociological study evaluated more than 127 billion words found in publications over a nearly 120-year period to shine a light on the various cultural reasons why society often devalues occupations typically held by […]

Research shows COVID-19 hit Dutch scientists hard, but did not widen the gender publication gap

COVID-19 caused a huge dip in scientific publications in the Netherlands, but female researchers were not hit harder than their male colleagues. This is according to new research by Jochem Tolsma, Bas Hofstra, and Anne […]

Jamestown colonists brought donkeys, not just horses, to North America, old bones reveal

A study published in Science Advances about centuries-old horse and donkey bones, unearthed in Jamestown, Virginia, is rewriting the story of how these animals first arrived in North America.This post was originally published on this […]

Involuntary childlessness rates compared between Israel and US in international study

Every Rosh Hashanah, annual reports are released focused on birth rates, the average number of children per family, and other population growth data. However, there’s another side to these statistics: experiences of involuntary childlessness, in […]