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What’s behind the rise in gun ownership in Australia?

Australians have been shocked by the news two police officers were killed in rural Victoria when a 56-year-old man allegedly shot them before fleeing into the bush.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Queensland is creating a public child sex offender register. Will it keep people safer?

The Queensland government will this week table legislation creating Australia’s first public child sex offender register.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Phone snubbing more damaging to insecure partners, study finds

Researchers from the University of Southampton have found that people with emotional insecurities are more affected than others when their partners choose their phone over them.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Nature experiences bring depth and meaning to life, study suggests

Spending time in nature helps people to identify what is meaningful in their lives, shows a new Finnish study conducted at the University of Turku. The research article has been published in the journal People […]

What defines a life well-lived? Obituaries may have the answers

What constitutes a life well-lived? A new Michigan State University-led study is turning to a common cultural artifact to find out: the obituary.This article is brought to you by Phys.Org.

Females show higher sibling-specific aggression than males, study finds

Human men are typically more aggressive than human women, a finding supported by reams of research. But surveys of 4,136 individuals in 24 countries reveal an exception to the trend: aggression in sibling relationships. The […]

Study finds people bet on future luck despite knowing outcomes are random

Researchers explore the human tendency to look to the past to predict the future—even when people rationally know outcomes are completely random. A fair coin flip is the prototypically random-outcome event. The findings are published […]

Some victim-survivors take their own lives. We need to better understand how suicide and family violence are linked

In 2024, a young mother in Victoria ended her own life. As family violence services and Victoria Police pointed out, there were key circumstances that may have contributed to her death.This article is brought to […]

AI trained to predict nationality from beliefs and values

Different countries have different cultures, and social scientists have developed theories about which values are most important in differentiating the world’s cultures. Abhishek Sheetal and colleagues used the power of machine learning to identify the […]

Recognizing job burnout and what to do about it

Many of us have experienced it at some point in our working lives: burnout. You’re exhausted, feel like your job is losing its meaning, and have little control over when and how you do your […]