Genetics isn’t as important as once thought for the evolution of altruistic social behavior in some organisms, a new insight
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People show confirmation bias even about which way dots are moving
People have a tendency to interpret new information in a way that supports their pre-existing beliefs, a phenomenon known as
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Lynchings of the past affect health today: Analysis shows that US counties with a history of lynching events have higher contemporary mortality rates for whites and blacks
Counties with higher rates of lynching between 1877 and 1950 showed higher mortality rates between 2010 and 2014. A new
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African-Americans and Latinos are more likely to be at risk for depression than whites
A new study published in the May 2018 issue of Preventive Medicine shows that African Americans and Latinos are significantly
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Newspaper op-eds change minds
Readers might nod along or roll their eyes at a newspaper opinion piece, but a new study provides evidence that
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