What is the effect of hierarchy on moral behavior?
Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience show that powerful hierarchical situations make it easier to commit harmful actions, as agency and empathy are split...
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Breakthrough in understanding of how cancer spreads could lead to better treatments
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New evidence for liquid water beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars
An international team of researchers has revealed new evidence for the possible existence of liquid water beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars.Credit: University...
Ground-breaking research funding opportunity launches to make sure no coral is left behind
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Dietary supplementation may improve antibiotic-induced GVHD following stem cell transplants
HOUSTON ― Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a specific gut bacterium involved in the progression of graft-versus-host disease...
New drug has potential to turn COVID-19 virus against itself
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ECNU Review of Education special issue provides a comparative perspective on teacher education in China, Canada, and beyond
Emerging as a discipline in the early twentieth century, comparative education serves to scrutinize various education systems, such as those of different nations, through a...
Keck Hospital of USC named a 2022 Top Performer by Vizient, Inc.
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Unraveling the reward behavior: mechanisms underlying the dopamine signaling pathway
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Brain & Behavior Research Foundation announces winners of 2022 Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced that two extraordinary mental health advocates – dedicated to serving people disadvantaged by structural racism and a...
Improving wearable medical sensors with ultrathin mesh
On-skin medical sensors and wearable health devices are important health care tools that must be incredibly flexible and ultrathin so they can move with the...
Milky Way’s graveyard of dead stars found
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New light for shaping electron beams
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More exercise, less screen time linked to better executive function in toddlers, study finds
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study explored whether adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for diet and physical activity had any relationship with toddlers’...
NTU Singapore scientists’ discovery of the structure of a key part of our chromosomes could improve understanding of how humans age and develop cancer
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have mapped out the molecular structure of a key part of our chromosomes called telomeres, which play...
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