Are social media apps dangerous? Scholars explain how companies rely on young users but fail to protect them
"You have blood on your hands."
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2024
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News tagged with younger siblings
Benefits of later school entry for kids spill over to younger siblings, study finds
Having a high-achieving older sibling helps children, especially those from socioeconomically disadvantaged families, succeed academically, according to a new Yale-led study.
Social Sciences
Jun 6, 2023
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What is 'eldest daughter syndrome' and how can we fix it?
Have you heard of "eldest daughter syndrome?" It's the emotional burden eldest daughters tend to take on (and are encouraged to take on) in many families from a young age.
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2023
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The hungry bugs fighting Uganda's fertiliser crisis
As fertilizer prices shot up following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Ugandan villager Peter Wakisi fretted for the future of his small farm and his young family.
Agriculture
Sep 8, 2022
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Are your squabbling kids driving you mad? The good/bad news is sibling rivalry is 'developmentally normal'
As any parent will tell you, a common feature of the school holidays is an increase in squabbling kids. Whether in the back of the car, at the park or by the TV, you will hear the whingey sounds of "Muuuum, Ollie just called ...
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2022
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Digging is not just a game for children in hunter-gatherer groups
Ana Mateos and Jesús Rodríguez, scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), have published an experimental energy study in the journal Human Nature, using volunteers of both ...
Evolution
Jun 9, 2022
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Young birds do household chores
Young birds support their parents in raising youngsters, defending the territory and keeping predators at bay. This social behavior, exhibited by birds such as the mousebird, appear to contradict the prevailing theory of ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 15, 2021
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The Pakistani popcorn seller who built his own plane
The engine is from a roadcutter, the wings are burlap, the wheels are borrowed from a rickshaw: a popcorn seller has caught the attention of the Pakistan Air Force by building his own plane.
Other
May 6, 2019
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Birds help each other partly for selfish reasons
Up to now, researchers have believed that birds stay at home and altruistically help raise younger siblings because this is the only way to pass on genes when you cannot breed yourself. But this idea is only partially true. ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 10, 2018
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Civil war among the mongooses—and why it's all about sexual success
The banded mongoose, a small social mammal of the African savannah, is known to be one of the most cooperative and helpful of all animals.
Plants & Animals
Mar 14, 2016
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