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Category: Social Sciences

Two men of color cuddle on a home's front steps. Favorite Songs Link Up to Attachment Styles. Psychology Social Sciences 

Favorite Songs Link Up to Attachment Styles

November 27, 2022November 26, 2022 Science Connectedanxiety, attachment style, music, psychology, relationships

Attachment styles affect relationship dynamics and also, according to a new psychology study, an individual’s music preferences.

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University of Vermont scientists Peter Dodds and Chris Danforth led a new Big Data study confirming that humans use more happy words than sad words. Psychology 

Preference for Positive, Happy Words

October 21, 2022October 20, 2022 Science Connectedcommunication, computer science, engineering, language, linguistics, technology

Scientists have used a massive data set of billions of words from actual usage to find that people around the world use more happy words than sad words.

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Can You Smell Handshakes?

May 30, 2022May 30, 2022 Science Connectedbehavior, neurobiology, smell

Why do people shake hands? A Weizmann Institute study suggests one of the reasons for handshakes may be to discretely sniff each other.

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All of Us project addresses the problem of lack of diversity in medicine Citizen Science Diversity in Science Genetics and Heredity 

All of Us: A Lack of Diversity in Medicine

April 15, 2022April 17, 2022 Science Connectedcitizen science projects, diversity, genome

With the release of its first 100,000 genomes this project is solving a dangerous problem: a startling lack of diversity in medicine.a

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Gold jewelry from Senuna Roman Britain (Photo courtesy of Elizabethe via Flickr) Archaeology 

Archaeologists at Ancient Roman Gold Mines

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Science Connectedarchaeology, mining

Archaeologists in Spain studying Las Médulas, the largest known ancient Roman gold mine, found a bigger operation than previously thought.

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Greek technical diver Alexandros Sotiriou discovers an intact ceramic table jug and a bronze rigging ring on the Antikythera Shipwreck. (Brett Seymour, Return to Antikythera 2014) Archaeology 

Underwater Archaeology, Ancient Shipwreck

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Science Connectedhuman civilization

An underwater archaeology team has retrieved new finds from an ancient Greek ship that sank over 2,000 years ago.

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ancient human ancestors underwater Archaeology 

Prehistoric Human Settlements at the Bottom of the Sea

February 28, 2022March 18, 2022 Science Connectedhuman civilization

Researchers are studying the remains of human ancestors and prehistoric human settlements now submerged beneath Europe’s coastal seas.

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college graduation Psychology STEM Education 

Grit or Grades: What Drives College Graduation?

February 3, 2022January 31, 2022 Science Connectededucation

Does timely college graduation depend more on a student’s self-regulation or on their admission test scores? Researchers decided to find out.

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ancient diets Anthropology Archaeology 

Nok Culture Pottery Adds Clues to Ancient Diets

February 1, 2022February 7, 2022 Science Connected

What is the ancestry of your food? New research has traced the origins of leafy greens and other plants in ancient West African cuisine back more than 3,500 years.

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therapy in virtual reality Psychology 

Do You Want Therapy in Virtual Reality?

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 Science Connectedmental health, virtual reality, VR

Given the choice between seeing a therapist in real life or in virtual reality, which would you choose? Research results may surprise you.

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Spotlight: Environment

A single family home made of cardboard sits on a red furniture dolly. Human migration trends toward areas affected by wildfires. Anthropology Climate Change 

Human Migration Trends Toward Wildfire Hot Spots

January 27, 2023January 24, 2023 Science Connectedclimate change, extreme weather, heat wave, heat waves, migration, wildfires
Research into human migration shows distinct patterns, including the surprising trend toward areas affected by wildfires.
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Play in the snow … for science!

January 25, 2023January 22, 2023 Science Connectedcitizen science projects, environment, ice, lakes, snow, water
These five citizen science projects call on you to observe your local weather and bodies of water, snow or no!
Emperor penguins facing each other across a gap in the ice. Credit: Christopher Michel, CC BY 2.0

Emperor Penguins Now a Threatened Species

January 18, 2023January 17, 2023 Science Connectedanimals, birds, climate change, conservation, extinction, penguins
Skeletonized leaf typical of plots with bats excluded and trophic cascade prevented. Photo by Elizabeth Beilke, University of Illinois

Bats Protect Plants from Insects

January 13, 2023January 12, 2023 Science Connectedbats, defoliation, forests

Artificial Sweeteners Affect Our Bodies and Environment

December 9, 2022December 6, 2022 Science Connecteddiet
Fungi growing on mossy tree. Credit: Jesse Bauer/Unsplash

Fungi Bioblitz Follow-Up

November 18, 2022November 17, 2022 Science Connectedcitizen science, ecology, environment, fungi
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