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  • A young woman on with blue nail polish holding her smartphone.

    Teens spend a big chunk of school days on their smartphones

    New research digs into how much of the school day teens are on their smartphones.

  • One small figurine of a person in a suit stands on a short stack of coins while another sits on a taller stack of coins.

    Economic inequality is bad for democracy

    A new study digs into one of the possible driving forces behind the erosion of democratic norms and institutions: economic inequality.

  • Dollar bills folded to look like a small house on a white background.

    Mass deportation is likely bad for housing prices

    Mass deportation of undocumented immigrants would have a negative effect on new homebuilding, leading to higher home prices, research finds.

  • A scientist wearing glasses looks into a microscope.

    Study debunks claims of ‘crisis of trust’ in science

    "Our results show that most people in most countries have a relatively high level of trust in scientists."

  • The sun stones are circular and have sun-like designs etched into their surface.

    When the sky went dark, ancient Europeans sacrificed ‘sun stones’

    Ritual sacrifices of "sun stones" coincided with a large volcanic eruption that made the sun disappear throughout Northern Europe, research finds.

  • A redheaded woman holds her green cell phone in both hands.

    75% of Facebook news gets reposted without users reading it

    New research suggests why misinformation can spread so rapidly—most shared stories circulate without verification of their underlying facts.