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Women perceive sleek and shiny hair as healthier and more youthful, study finds

Straight-aligned hair paired with higher shine evokes the appearance of greater youth, health, and attractiveness, according to researchers at The Procter & Gamble Company, which owns several brands of hair care products, including ones designed […]

How a misread Arabic tale misled generations of historians about the Black Death’s rapid spread

Myths about how the Black Death traveled quickly across Asia, ravaging Silk Route communities, date back to a single fourteenth-century source, experts have found.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Why are so few environmental criminals on Interpol’s ‘most wanted’ list?

Environmental crime is big business, often listed among the world’s top five criminal activities, just behind counterfeiting and drug crime. So it would be reasonable to think it is a big priority for global law […]

Human rights breaches precede mass atrocities

The road to genocide doesn’t begin with bullets and mass graves, but with more subtle violations.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Painting memory: Lithuanian researchers explore how street art shapes urban identity

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) linguists have analyzed murals in Lithuania’s second-largest city as elements of a “linguistic landscape”—a concept that views language as both visual and spatial. Their study reveals that street art in […]

To disclose or not to disclose good deeds, that is the do-gooder dilemma

Jerry Richardson, a Cornell university doctoral candidate in psychology, was dashing into a grocery store on his way to a dinner party when a man outside the store asked him for some food. Richardson obliged, […]

Popularity remains important among young adults too. ‘Not just something for children.’

For children and adolescents, it is often important to be popular or liked. But young adults also appear to attach importance to how they are perceived within the group. “If you think you are popular, […]

When speaking out feels risky: New study maps hidden dynamics of self-censorship

In an era when social media blurs the line between public and private speech, how do people decide whether to speak their minds or stay silent?This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Involving women in peace deals reduces chance of a conflict restarting by up to 37%

Twenty-five years ago, on October 31, 2000, the United Nations unanimously adopted its landmark Security Council Resolution 1325 (WPS 1325). The resolution on women, peace and security reaffirmed “the important role of women in the […]

Why do some of us love AI, while others hate it? The answer is in how our brains perceive risk and trust

From ChatGPT crafting emails, to AI systems recommending TV shows and even helping diagnose disease, the presence of machine intelligence in everyday life is no longer science fiction.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.