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U.S. Indigenous peoples experience higher rates of fatal police violence in and around reservations

Indigenous people in the United States are at higher risk of fatal police violence in and around American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) reservations, according to the first comprehensive national study on the subject from researchers at […]

Students with lower self-control tend to procrastinate with short-form video, study finds

Who among us hasn’t put off doing something we know we need to do while scrolling through just a few more TikToks, Instagram reels or YouTube shorts? New research from the William Allen White School […]

Experts challenge idea that social media harms teen empathy

Teenagers who use social media more frequently may show slightly higher empathy, according to a new meta-analysis by researchers at Georgia State University. The study, a systematic review published in the Journal of Adolescence, analyzed […]

Lactose-free milk presents an opportunity to boost dairy consumption and coffee shop visits with coffee drinkers

For many coffee drinkers, choosing milk for their coffee shop order often involves navigating a growing list of choices, each carrying different expectations around taste, digestibility, cost, and more. A new study in the Journal […]

Study finds teens spend nearly a third of the school day on smartphones: Frequent checking linked to poorer attention

A new study from researchers at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finds that middle and high school students spend nearly one-third of the school day on their smartphones, checking them dozens of times, […]

Study finds unexpected link between public health, tax policies

A new study finds that the more a state’s budget relied on sales tax revenue, the more likely it was to shorten stay-at-home orders during the early stages of the COVID pandemic. The findings suggest […]

Online meetings come with pros and cons—managers should understand all of them

Video meetings have become a staple in the workplace. A recent study among senior IT industry managers shows that video meetings have a dual impact on remote leadership. Although Teams, Zoom and other tools for […]

AI disclosure labels may do more harm than good, study warns

The growing use of AI-generated scientific and science-related content, especially on social media, raises important concerns: these texts may contain false or highly persuasive information that is difficult for users to detect, potentially shaping public […]

Why the Doomsday Clock has outlived its usefulness

The Doomsday Clock—a symbolic device to signal an array of existential threats to the world since 1947—was recently moved to 85 seconds before midnight, the closest it has ever been to midnight. And that was […]

Saturday Citations: More bad news for US footballers; ancient Mayan water management; investigative LLMs

What we learned this week: Left-handed people may have a psychological edge in competition. Humanoid robots can now do creepy parkour through the uncanny valley. And if you’ve ever cared for an elderly cat, a […]