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Other teams, however, are all in favor of pre-game sex
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Kids Trust Written Words More Than Spoken Ones
Learning to read seems to make information conveyed in written form seem more authoritative
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When People Are Stressed Financially, Their Racial Biases Escalate
White study participants view biracial faces as “more black” when times are tough
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Daughters Who See Their Dad Doing Chores Aspire to Less Stereotypically Female Careers
Seeing a man do the household chores seems to reassure girls that it’s no longer 1950
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Too Many Classroom Decorations Can Distract Young Students
Elementary students perform better when walls are left relatively bare
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Ordinary People Respond More Strongly to “Global Warming” Than to “Climate Change”
Americans respond differently to the same scientific concept depending on the terminology being used
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What Discrimination Actually Looks Like: We Give Preferential Treatment to People Like Us
Discrimination isn’t just about exclusion
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When We’re Threatened, We Try to Show What Good People We Are
Outside observers, however, tend to see through flimsy claims of innocence
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In an Emergency, We Act Like Ants
Like many animals, we tend to clump together when danger presents itself
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Hurricanes Katrina And Rita Caused At Least 117 Uncounted Deaths, of Stillborn Babies
Higher rates of stillbirths overlapped with the most devastated areas in the aftermath of those 2005 natural disasters
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This City in California Voted in Favor of Making Bullying a Crime
Bullying can seriously harm kids, for years. But should it really be punished by law?
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Society Doesn’t Quite Know What to Make of Professional Snugglers
One snuggling operation in Wisconsin recently shut down when authorities thought it was a front for a brothel
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For 100 Years, Female Students Have Gotten Better Grades in Every Subject
Yes, that includes math and science
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Computers Can Tell If You’re Really in Pain—Even Better Than People Can
As computers become better at reading people’s expressions, their potential as lie detectors and diagnostic aids increases
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Facebook Users Most Often Unfriend People They Knew From High School
And how does that make the victim of the unfriending feel? Surprised, usually
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The Reality of a Hotter World is Already Here
As global warming makes sizzling temperatures more common, will human beings be able to keep their cool? New research suggests not
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Will Scientists Soon be Able to Erase Our Most Traumatic Memories?
PTSD treatments could soon extend beyond therapy
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Scientists Confirm That Cats a) Are Pretty Smart, b) Don’t Really Care What You Want
Cats’ impressive individuality makes it hard to study their smarts
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Sound Experts Want to Record One Full Day of Human Noise From All Over the Earth
The project could help scientists better understand the human soundscape and quantify how it changes over time
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We Might Hit Our Cognitive Peak Before 24
As we age beyond about 24, we become mentally slower and slower
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