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Sociology Source: Science
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Friday, May 22, 2015, 11:49am Rating: | Views: 1603 | Comments: 0
Who are you calling old? Let’s ditch ageist stereotypes Words such as elderly, frail, past it, over the hill and decrepit diminish the value of older adults. Ageist terms should be as unacceptable as racist or sexist ones• Lesbian, gay and bisexual seniors face twin fears of old age and homophobia
Sociology Source: TheGuardian
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Wednesday, Feb 04, 2015, 10:22am Rating: | Views: 1219 | Comments: 0
Same-Sex Couples May Have More Egalitarian Relationships Lourdes Garcia-Navarro talks to researcher Robert-Jay Green about how people behave in same-sex marriage compared with heterosexual marriage. Green has studied LGBT relationships going back to 1975.
Sociology Source: NPR
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Tuesday, Dec 30, 2014, 8:46am Rating: | Views: 1400 | Comments: 0
Can Changing How You Sound Help You Find Your Voice? Women's voices are often criticized, especially at work. We're called "shrill," told we "lack authority." Here's the story of two women who changed their voices in a quest to be heard.
Sociology Source: NPR
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Wednesday, Oct 15, 2014, 8:10am Rating: | Views: 1209 | Comments: 0
Research May Give Potential Homicide Victims A Heads Up New research in Chicago finds that homicide victims are concentrated among a tiny network. Tracing that network might lead to public health measures to protect would-be victims.
Sociology Source: NPR
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Thursday, Oct 09, 2014, 9:15am Rating: | Views: 1192 | Comments: 0
Parking Behavior May Reflect Economic Drive Scholars have long tried to understand how culture affects communities. New research argues that the parking behavior of drivers may tell us something about the economic productivity of nations.
Sociology Source: NPR
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Wednesday, Aug 27, 2014, 9:42am Rating: | Views: 1229 | Comments: 0
Sociology Source: New Scientist
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Thursday, May 15, 2014, 7:46am Rating: | Views: 1092 | Comments: 0
Soyuz rocket begins journey to the International Space Station A crew of three men, including a NASA shuttle flier, a veteran Russian space station commander, and rookie cosmonaut launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, headed for the International Space Station. The mission will boost the space station's crew back up to six, with the journey expected to take around six hours.
Sociology Source: CBSNews
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Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014, 7:20am Rating: | Views: 1103 | Comments: 0
Sociology Source: New Scientist
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Tuesday, Jan 28, 2014, 7:46am Rating: | Views: 1074 | Comments: 0
Don't Trust the Applause Audience reaction may have little to do with the quality of the performance
Sociology Source: Science
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Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013, 8:58am Rating: | Views: 1116 | Comments: 0
The Remarkable Properties of Mythological Social Networks The social network between characters in Homer’s Odyssey is remarkably similar to real social networks today. That suggests the story is based, at least in part, on real events, say researchers
Sociology Source: Technology Review
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Thursday, Jun 13, 2013, 10:56am Rating: | Views: 1100 | Comments: 0
Lego faces getting angrier, study finds Scientist raises concerns about impact on child development, saying toymaker's themes are increasingly based on conflict
Sociology Source: TheGuardian
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Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013, 8:14am Rating: | Views: 1146 | Comments: 0
'Land grab' database reveals hype A new tool suggests that the reality of land acquisition around the world differs greatly from media reports.
Sociology Source: BBC News
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Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013, 9:03am Rating: | Views: 1152 | Comments: 0
Sociology Source: Science
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Tuesday, Jun 04, 2013, 7:56am Rating: | Views: 1170 | Comments: 0
A model predicts that the world's populations will stop growing in 2050 Global population data spanning the years from 1900 to 2010 have enabled a research team from the Autonomous University of Madrid to predict that the number of people on Earth will stabilise around the middle of the century. The results, obtained with a model used by physicists, coincide with the UN's downward forecasts.
Sociology Source: FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology
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Thursday, Apr 04, 2013, 4:30pm Rating: | Views: 2204 | Comments: 1
Linguistics researchers document Philadelphia's shift to a Northern accent A new study by University of Pennsylvania linguists shows that the Philadelphia accent has changed in the last century. The traditional Southern inflections associated with Philadelphia native-born speakers are increasingly being displaced by Northern influences.
Sociology Source: University of Pennsylvania
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Thursday, Mar 28, 2013, 11:30am Rating: | Views: 1960 | Comments: 0
Shift In Gay Marriage Support Mirrors A Changing America The latest polls indicate 58 percent of Americans support same-sex marriage. In 1977, that number was 13 percent. One researcher says that jump in support isn't the result of a generational gap — it's that many who once opposed gay marriage have changed their minds or softened their opposition.
Sociology Source: NPR
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Monday, Mar 25, 2013, 8:48am Rating: | Views: 1200 | Comments: 0
New study explores link between status and health Research has long linked high socioeconomic status with better health and lower mortality. But what's remained unclear is whether this association has more to do with access to resources (education, wealth, career opportunity, etc.) or the glow of high social status relative to others. Scholars call the latter "relative deprivation."
To tease apart these factors, a team of in
Sociology Source: Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
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Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013, 10:30am Rating: | Views: 1608 | Comments: 0
Sociology Source: Ohio State University
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Wednesday, Mar 06, 2013, 10:30am Rating: | Views: 1691 | Comments: 0
Trustworthy mating advice deepens bond between straight women and gay men Why do straight women and gay men form close relationships with one another? A new psychology study from The University of Texas at Austin suggests the glue that cements these unique relationships is honest, unbiased relationship advice.
Sociology Source: University of Texas at Austin
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Thursday, Feb 21, 2013, 11:00am Rating: | Views: 2065 | Comments: 0
Could a computer on the police beat prevent violence? As cities across America work to reduce violence in tight budget times, new research shows how they might be able to target their efforts and police attention – with the help of high-powered computers and loads of data.
Sociology Source: University of Michigan Health System
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Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013, 1:45pm Rating: | Views: 1676 | Comments: 0
Sociology Source: Technology Review
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Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013, 6:41am Rating: | Views: 1166 | Comments: 0
Early education closes achievement gap, brings societal benefits The founder of a decades-long scientific study that has proved the enduring benefits of early education applauded President Barack Obama's recent call for universal access to high-quality preschool in the United States.
Sociology Source: Virginia Tech
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Monday, Feb 18, 2013, 11:00am Rating: | Views: 1797 | Comments: 0
How Facebook makes breaking up hard to do Getting over a lost lover just gets harder when when you have a digital record of your relationship distributed all over the internet
Sociology Source: New Scientist
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Friday, Feb 15, 2013, 9:11am Rating: | Views: 1200 | Comments: 0
Husbands who do more traditionally female housework have less sex Married men who spend more time doing traditionally female household tasks—including cooking, cleaning, and shopping—report having less sex than husbands who don't do as much, according to a new study in the February issue of the American Sociological Review.
Sociology Source: American Sociological Association
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Thursday, Jan 31, 2013, 8:00am Rating: | Views: 2226 | Comments: 0