Seven-year-olds trusted good gossip if it came from multiple sources but the bad only had to be heard onceIn the ruthless world of the primary school playground, one bad rumour is enough to make children wary of another, new research suggests.Psychologists who studied gossip in seven-year-olds found that the children trusted good rumours when they came from several sources, but could be swayed by bad rumours they heard only once. Continue reading
Climate troublemaker La Niña isn't here yet – but it is on the way, federal
Researchers have developed a new theory of how changing market conditions can lead large numbers of otherwise cautious consumers to buy risky products such as subprime mortgages, cryptocurrency or even cosmetic surgery procedures.
Independence parties fell back in the Spanish region with polls suggesting nationalism is also on the wane in Scotland ahead of a general election this year
The media can “ask questions” but not provoke conflicts or make slanderous remarks, Chief Executive John Lee has said at an awards ceremony for the city’s news industry. The news industry must abide by professional ethics and provide readers with accurate and comprehensive information, as well as pertinent and unbiased reports, Lee said at the […]
One cup of black tea every morning can work wonders to alleviate the COVID-19 virus, according to a new study. The data, published in the medical journal Food and Environmental Virology shows that tea may be a useful prevention tool due to its ability to inactivate the virus in the mouth. Even though the virus enters your body through the respiratory tract, your mouth is another entry point where it can reproduce in the oral glands and mucosa before affecting other parts of the gastrointestinal...
These patients had reached their target weight and reduced their semaglutide dose over nine weeks.
And if you write homophobic or racist material? You get to play stadiums!
First the bad news: Violence against health care workers has not abated since the pandemic.
According to the findings of a Coingecko study, low-float cryptos currently account for 21.3% of the top 300 cryptos by market capitalization. The four cryptos with the lowest float are worldcoin (WLD), cheelee (CHEEL), starknet (STRK), and saga (SAGA) which were all launched in 2023 or 2024. However, among the top 300 cryptos, 74 have […]
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – In New Mexico, wildfires can bring hazardous smoke miles away from the actual site of the fire. So, what can you do to protect yourself? The New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) offers a few tips. These include using air quality monitoring tools and limiting your time outdoors on smoky days. “While []
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