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When the game is over and you line up to shake hands, you might see and hear opponents who don’t know how to win with class, ...

On Jan 6, 2024, the weather was primed for severe wildfire danger, with wind gusts reaching 90 miles per hour.

When wildfires began racing through the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, 2025, the scope of the disaster caught residents by ...

Having looked at the study, I don’t think it does much of anything to reliably substantiate its claims. It is both conceptually muddled and poorly executed. At most it shows that (surprise!) … Continu ...

One year on from the fires researchers have focused on understanding the causes and impacts of the fires as well as ...

More governments are rolling out chatbots in schools. Some experts warn the tools could erode teaching and learning.

French researchers published a study claiming teddy bears are "too cute" and give children the wrong view of nature. Bear ...

As California again delays controversial rules requiring homeowners in fire-prone areas to maintain a 5-foot “ember-resistant” zone around their houses, a new report finds that properties that were ...

One of my favourite social psychology/social cognition studies is what I have come to refer to as the trick-or-treat study. Specifically, I’m talking about the research conducted by Diener and ...

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Social emotional learning — lessons in soft skills like listening to people you disagree with or calming yourself down before a test — has become a flashpoint in the culture wars. The conservative ...