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Not Blaming Women is Fundamental to Increase Their Presence in STEM Professions

Credit: Canva Women make up only 34% of graduates in the EU in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The amount is even lower in the STEM fields unrelated to care. The fact is that girls are systematically inhibited from studying these fields during their education, which restricts their chances for access...

Love Languages May Allow You to Understand Your Partner– Yet it’s Not Exactly Science

If you've ever perused a women's lifestyle magazine or scrolled through social media, you've likely come across a test that promises to reveal your "love language." This concept originated from Gary Chapman's 1992 book, The Five Love Languages, where he observed that couples often misunderstood each other's needs. To address this, Chapman proposed the five love...

Indigenous People May Have a Higher Stroke Risk

In highly developed nations, Indigenous people may have a higher stroke rate, according to a new study highlighting a dire requirement for more information and adequately designed studies. Every year, almost 12 million individuals worldwide have a stroke, which occurs when a vessel transporting blood to the brain is obstructed by a clot or the...

Predicting Sizes of Human Groups with Physics

Human group sizes can be predicted with methods from physics. Credit: Complexity Science Hub The scientists at the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) utilized their knowledge of the average number of friends each person has to successfully predict group sizes in a computer game. To achieve this, they employed a physics example of self-organization of particles...

Playtime is Purr-Fect For Your Cat’s Well-being

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Play is frequently considered an indicator and promotor of animal welfare. Playing with your cat may likewise nurture closer cat-human bonds. In a new research study, researchers investigated these connections by applying in-depth empirical methods to analyze data gathered from around the world. Research related to plays associated with the well-being of...

How Smoke Produced From Large Wildfires Can Affect Local Weather And Make Fires Worse

Credit: Pixabay/ Public Domain The research team's study highlights the intricate feedback loop between wildfires and the atmosphere, suggesting that smoke produced by large wildfires may lead to more intense fires. The team's use of various tools to measure the effect of soot and other particles emitted into the air during large wildfires could help...

Boys Are Graded More Roughly Than Girls. Why?

Credit: Daniel / Adobe Stock Across all ages and almost all areas of education, girls performance is better. " Girls are approximately a year ahead of boys regarding reading ability in OECD nations, in contrast to a wafer-thin and reducing advantage for boys in mathematics. Boys are fifty percent more likely than girls to fail at...

Technology is Saving You From Profound Levels of Boredom, And It is a Problem

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain According to a new research, the continuous distraction of social networks could prevent our minds from settling into a more profound, more complete feeling of boredom. Which is a shame, given complete boredom can be fertile ground for technology. This 'profound' level of boredom is different to the first, superficial level of...

We All Lose Our Memory Sometimes

(Dougal Waters/Getty Images You've driven home from work along the same course for the past five years. However, lately, you've been stopping at the same intersection, struggling to remember if you must turn left or right. Many occasions in everyday life could make us question whether lapses in memory are common, a sign of cognitive...