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9-Jan-2025

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Dr. Helen Fisher, and Dr. Judith Allen donate historic archives to the Kinsey Institute

The Kinsey Institute at Indiana University has acquired remarkable archives from three pioneering figures in the study of human sexuality, relationships, and wellbeing: the legendary sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, renowned anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher, and respected feminist historian Dr. Judith Allen. Together, these collections exemplify the diverse and multidisciplinary nature of the Kinsey Institute’s extensive archival collection, which spans 2,000 years of history and includes some of the world’s most significant records relating to sexuality.

9-Jan-2025

Conversing with chatbots: What influences trust?

University of Basel
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Whether on your bank’s website or your telephone provider’s help line, interactions between humans and chatbots have become part of our daily lives. But do we trust them? And what factors influence our trust? Researchers at the University of Basel recently examined these questions.

Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology

9-Jan-2025

Science educator calls for climate change to be taught more in US schools

Taylor & Francis Group
Book Announcement

Given that today’s children will inherit the consequences of climate change, schools are instrumental in mobilizing a global response to the climate crisis, a science educator argues.

9-Jan-2025

Race- and gender-based microaggressions linked to higher post-birth blood pressure

American Heart Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

More than one-third of Asian, Black and Hispanic women in the study group reported experiencing at least one microaggression related to race and gender during or after their pregnancy.

Journal: Hypertension

9-Jan-2025

The discourses emerging around the “La Manada” case led to social and legal changes

University of the Basque Country
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Samara Velte of the NOR research team has investigated the social, media and legal discourses that emerged in relation to the gang rape perpetrated during the festival of San Fermin in 2016, and proposes discursive analysis as a methodology for studying conflicts and social movements. Her work brings together the discourses and the relationships between them that were established from the time of the assault until the passing of the ‘Only “Yes” means “Yes”' law, and highlights its usefulness as an instrument for shaping identities as well as social actions.

Journal: Violence Against Women

9-Jan-2025

Teaching of intercultural communication calls for increasingly diverse approaches

University of Eastern Finland
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by researchers at the University of Jyväskylä and the University of Eastern Finland highlights the need for multiple approaches in the teaching of intercultural communication in the context of international business.

Journal: Business and Professional Communication Quarterly

8-Jan-2025

Risk of thyroid cancer among GLP1-RA users

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study found no evidence that glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP1-RA) use is associated with an increased risk of thyroid cancer. The study is published in the peer-reviewed journal Thyroid^®, the official journal of the American Thyroid Association^® (ATA^®).

Journal: Thyroid