The Netflix drama "The One" centers around a geneticist who invents a new matchmaking service. It uses DNA to help people find their romantic and sexual match: their "one".
Apr 13, 2021
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From advertising to the workplace, it is often assumed that men and women are fundamentally different—from Mars and Venus, respectively. Of course, we all know people who are more androgynous, having a mix of personality ...
Jan 21, 2021
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Through much of the last year, COVID-19 has propelled many people to accept and follow new patterns of behavior. These include wearing a mask in public, attempting to socially distance and restricting groups to smaller numbers.
Jan 11, 2021
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Group exercise is very popular: Nearly 40% of regular exercisers participate in group fitness classes. In advance of the coronavirus pandemic, the American College of Sports Medicine predicted that group fitness would be ...
Dec 30, 2020
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Wearing a face covering in public is dependent upon how often people observe others wearing them, according to recent findings. Other important motivating factors are among findings of a national study undertaken by the U.S. ...
Dec 19, 2020
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To mask or not to mask—and which mask to use? With public health guidance about masks in the United States confused by political hedging, clarity around mask use is increasingly important, especially as the western U.S. ...
Oct 28, 2020
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As COVID-19 spread around the world, it became clear that different countries were responding differently to the virus. Penn's Cristina Bicchieri, who studies social norms and how they evolve, wanted to understand how a national ...
Oct 26, 2020
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As the pandemic drags on, following COVID-19 prevention guidelines can feel like more and more of a challenge.
Oct 23, 2020
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When we hear of people who have allegedly escaped from mandatory quarantine—whether that's from hotels in Perth, Toowoomba, Sydney or Auckland—it's easy to ask: "What were they thinking? Why didn't they just follow the ...
Aug 28, 2020
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COVID-19 has directly claimed tens of thousands of U.S. lives, but conditions stemming from the novel coronavirus—rampant unemployment, isolation and an uncertain future—could lead to 75,000 deaths from drug or alcohol ...
May 8, 2020
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