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Do narcissists ruin relationships over time? A six-year study suggests a more complex pattern

New research from Michigan State University challenges the popular assumption that narcissists gradually damage their relationships over time.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Study examines diversity of Black perspectives on race relations

A new Rice University study offers one of the first national measures of a viewpoint called “racial realism” and considers how it fits into the broader spectrum of perspectives Black Americans hold about race relations.This […]

Research questions legitimacy of promoting harmful products

Marketers need to pay more attention to how marketing practices normalize the consumption of products that are known to be harmful to public health and social well-being, University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers argue. A […]

Accelerator programs have more work to do when it comes to supporting women entrepreneurs, research finds

Accelerator programs are supposed to give entrepreneurs the mentorship, training and skills boost that will help launch them toward success. But in countries where the gender playing field still steeply tilts toward male advantage, women-led […]

Conventional weapons normalized mass violence, researcher argues

Conventional weapons are generally presented as controllable, proportionate and morally acceptable, unlike weapons of mass destruction. It is this assumption that is challenged by research conducted by Julien Pomarède at the Centre for the Study […]

Rudeness may be rewarded—as a response to rudeness

If you don’t have anything nice to say, perhaps it’s OK to say it anyway—if responding to someone who has treated you or your team rudely, new Cornell research suggests. Civil responses to disrespectful behavior […]

AI’s fluency in other languages hides a Western worldview that can mislead users

A friend in Indonesia recently told me about a conversation he had with ChatGPT. He had typed a question in Indonesian—Bahasa Indonesia—about how to handle a difficult family dispute. The chatbot responded fluently, in perfect […]

Leadership emotions are judged differently for men and women

When leaders express negative emotions such as irritability and withdrawal, behavior is often judged differently for male and female leaders, according to new research from Griffith University published in the International Journal of Stress Management. […]

Governments, beware: Why it’s so hard to invest in risk prevention

Governments cutting hundreds of millions of euros in pandemic funding, just a few years after a pandemic. Billions spent on compensation after a flood, rather than on prevention beforehand. Governments find it difficult to deal […]

AI uptake across Italian firms remains patchy, study suggests, despite generative AI buzz

Research in the International Journal of Business Information Systems suggests that the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is remarkably uneven across Italian firms. While some may have made a deliberate choice not to use AI, […]