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More US Adults Carrying Loaded Handguns Daily, Study Finds

The number of U.S. adult handgun owners carrying a loaded handgun on their person doubled from 2015 to 2019, according to new research led by the University of Washington

More US Adults Carrying Loaded Handguns Daily, Study Finds

The number of U.S. adult handgun owners carrying a loaded handgun on their person doubled from 2015 to 2019, according to new research led by the University of Washington.

Deprivation May Explain the Link Between Early Adversity and Developmental Outcomes in Adolescence

Experiences of early adversity due to poverty, abuse, and neglect are known to interfere with children’s cognitive and emotional development.

Artefacts Made of Bird Feathers, Plant Fibres and Fur Buried with a Child in the Mesolithic Stone Age

On the basis of archaeological research, it was possible to identify human remains as a child who may have been laid on a bed of down in a Stone Age burial site discovered under a gravel road in eastern Finland.

Words Matter in Food Freshness, Safety Messaging

Changing the wording about expiration dates on perishable food items – which is currently unregulated and widely variable – could help reduce food waste, according to a new Cornell-led study.

Inequities in Medical School Research Could Hinder Workforce Diversity

Diversity in the biomedical workforce leads to more research innovation, higher quality work, and more participation in clinical trials by people in underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.

Hungarian team applies game theory to determine how a government can fight novel pathogen

The COVID-19 pandemic has made the world aware of the deadly consequences of a new pathogen for which there was little preparation and no initial vaccine.

How Work Is Evolving Under the Pressure of COVID-19

An interdisciplinary group of researchers shares their findings on the workforce, suicide and work, working mothers, insights for future research, and more.

Can Shifting Social Norms Help Mitigate Climate Change?

Climate change is the result of many human activities, from carbon emissions to deforestation, and it will take multiple and varied interventions to mitigate it, including legislation, regulation, and market-based solutions implemented at local, national, and global levels.

Empathizing With the Opposition May Make You More Politically Persuasive

Trying to understand people we disagree with can feel like an effort hardly worth making, particularly in contentious political environments in which offering even the smallest olive branch to the opposition can be perceived as betraying our own side.

Encouraging Girls to Roleplay as Successful Female Scientists Could Help Close the Gender Gap in STEM

Make-believe doesn’t usually have a place in laboratory settings, but research just published in Psychological Science suggests that girls may persist longer in science activities when they pretend to be successful female scientists.

APS Articles on Juvenile Recidivism, the Gender/Sex Binary Win SPSP Awards

Two APS journal articles—one published in Psychological Science and the other in Perspectives on Psychological Science

From Continental Europe to England

Archaeogenetic study reveals large-scale continental migration into the East of England during the early Medieval Period

195 Ways to Help California’s Painted Ladies

New food sources offer hope for imperiled butterflies

Edinburgh University head warns of post-Brexit ‘brain drain’

In a guest editorial in the prestigious American journal, Science, the head of the University of Edinburgh argues that the British withdrawal from the European Union (EU) caused a partial collapse of the “collaborative ecosystem of research and innovation.”

Diabetes Self-Care Reached by 32% Who Built Trust with Community Health Workers

One-third of 986 patients achieved long-term self-care of their type 2 diabetes after building trusting relationships with community health workers (promotores in Spanish) over 12 weeks

Early Self-Regulation Boosts Children’s Educational Success

A study by the universities of Zurich and Mainz has shown that teaching children how to manage their attention and impulses in primary school has a positive long-term effect on their later educational success.

Animals in National Parks Impacted by Even Just a Few People

People often visit U.S. national parks to catch a glimpse of wildlife. But how does our presence impact the animals we hope to see?

Pandemic Sheds Light on Tourism Impact on Hawaiʻi Water Supply

The relationship between tourism and water use on Oʻahu during the COVID-19 pandemic is described in a new study by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers.

Study: Termites May Have a Larger Role in Future Ecosystems

Most people think termites are a nuisance that consume wood in homes and businesses. But those termites represent less than 4% of all termite species worldwide.