Obese candidates pay an election penalty half as large as lacking a college degree
Matching perceived weight from photos of 3,612 candidates in the 2022 US Congressional elections with real results, researchers found obesity carries an electoral penalty about 50% as large as not having a college degree, across parties, offices and genders.
New study finds not knowing how to flirt is holding many people back
Inadequate flirting skills contribute to involuntary singlehood, new research suggests.
New survey: 76% say working from home has improved relationships with colleagues
A new study finds 76% of Americans who have been working from home since Covid say it has improved relationships with their co-workers.
This new study finds that shade-grown coffee could help save birds
A new study finds that knowledge about how shade-grown coffee can help save bird habitats is not getting through to enough people.
Study finds 83% of patients triaged by a robot doctor said it was as good as a human doctor
A new study finds that patients are receptive to interacting with a "robot doctor" designed to evaluate symptoms in a contact-free way.
This new study finds that American identity is increasingly shaped by politics
A new study finds that American identity is now shaped more than ever before by politics, which now outweighs even religion.
For grief professionals, bereavement meaning has changed under COVID-19
A new study suggests that major changes in bereavement care — and indeed bereavement meaning –have occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New study finds that conversations rarely end when people want them to
A new study finds that on average, participants wished their conversations had been 1.9 minutes (or 24%) longer than they were.
Bullied youths are much more likely to have violent fantasies, new study shows
About 97% of the most-bullied boys and 73% of the most-bullied girls have violent fantasies, according to a new study of 1,465 young people.