Archive for November 2024

Physical cash not only influences how much we spend but also fosters a profound sense of psychological ownership that digital payments cannot replicate, according to new research.

A latrine shelter with a floodwater mark about 4 feet above ground level, leading to toilet dysfunction, in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia.

LGBTQ+ farmers are over three times more likely to “experience depression and suicidal intent,” a recent study found.

The 8-7 vote by Texas officials arrives as Christian nationalist groups nationwide intensify their efforts to inject religion into state curricula. Earlier this month, a federal judge temporarily blocked a Louisiana law requiring every public school classroom to display the Ten Commandments by January 1. Meanwhile, Oklahoma’s superintendent of public instruction, Ryan Walters, sent a memo in June ordering all 5th through 12th grade teachers to incorporate the Bible into their lesson plans.

In recent years, alternative ways to scrutinise research have emerged which attempt to fix some of the problems with the peer-review system. One of these is the “publish, review, curate” model. This reverses the traditional review-then-publish model. An article is first published online, then peer reviewed.

Warm, supportive parenting continues to be a good influence on development through the emerging adulthood years. Therefore, it is not surprising that emerging adults continue to seek guidance from their parents. Most parents and adult children find their new, more egalitarian relationship lets them connect in new, more mature ways.

Without downplaying these positive and beneficial aspects of having a sibling, what alarms my research colleagues and me is that the ‘bad’ in this story may be more invisible, serious and pervasive than is currently recognised. I’m talking about the often unspoken problem of sibling bullying.

Bob Hawke in the 1987 election campaign, when he pledged no child would live in poverty by 1990.