Have a look at this image. Do you perceive that the central black hole is expanding, as if you’re moving into a dark environment, or falling into a hole? If so, you’re not alone: a new study shows that this ‘expanding hole’ illusion, which is new to science, is perceived by approximately 86% of people. Dr....
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Surprising New Research Finds Women Supporting Women in Business May Backfire
Businesses with female founders who receive funding from female rather than male venture capitalists are two times less likely to raise additional financing. When women receive support from other women, observers may believe the relationship was motivated by considerations other than merit, leading them to dismiss evidence of the women’s competence. Well-intentioned calls for women to invest...
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Women Use Various Tactics to Accomplish Boardroom Goals
Women directors on Fortune 500 boards skillfully use tactics that enable them to display warmth, competence or both, allowing them to avoid backlash and meet specific aims, according to new Cornell University ILR School research. These tactics can help women directors achieve aims including diversifying conversations, clarifying perspectives and amplifying their expertise, and help them...
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The Cinderella Project: The Right to See Yourself in the Mirror and Like What You See
A woman who’s just had one of her breasts entirely removed, which forever leaves her with a huge scar across half of her chest, might be very satisfied with the result. If this was her only option, what obviously most matters to her is to be rid of the disease. But for another, who has...
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Foreign Companies Exiting Russia Echo the Pressure Campaign Against South Africa’s Racist Apartheid System
McDonald’s provided many Russians with their first taste of capitalism three decades ago. Now, the global fast-food giant is exiting the country. Starbucks is also on its way out. All told, about 1,000 companies have decided to depart Russia so far, according to a running tally by Yale management professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld. We are scholars...
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Dangerous Counterfeit Drugs Are Putting Millions of U.S. Consumers at Risk, According to a New Study
The big idea The Food and Drug Administration took 130 enforcement actions against counterfeit medication rings from 2016 through 2021, according to my new study published in the journal Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Such actions might involve arrests, confiscation of products or counterfeit rings being dissolved. These counterfeiting operations involved tens of millions of pills, more...
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The Catholic Church’s Views on Exorcism Have Changed – a Religious Studies Scholar Explains Why
In September 2021, a 3-year-old was killed during an exorcism in a small Pentecostal church in San Jose, California. The child’s throat was allegedly squeezed and her head held down during the ceremony, which likely asphyxiated her. In May 2022, three members of the victim’s family were charged with felony child abuse. Several famous deaths...
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Spatial Distribution of Anti-Asian Hate Tweets During Covid-19
In January of 2020, SARS-CoV-19 reached the United States. With it came an even faster-spreading virus—xenophobic rhetoric referring to the pandemic’s epicenter in Wuhan, China. Politicians flooded news outlets and social media with distrust of the Chinese government and labeled COVID-19 as the “Chinese flu,” “Wuhan flu,” “Kung flu” and more. The messaging that blamed...
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Startups Near State Lines Gravitate Toward Side with Lower Property Tax
Researchers at Iowa State University found significantly different state tax rates affect where new businesses set up shop near state lines. Their study published in the journal Small Business Economics shows the fourth greatest distortion in the U.S. is between Iowa and its northwest neighbor. “The probability of starting up on one side of the border versus...
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Black Girls Commonly Have Negative Experiences Related to Their Natural Hair
Teasing and unwanted hair touching are just some of the negative experiences Black girls go through because of their hair, according to a new study. Research from the Arizona State University Department of Psychology shows how prevalent it is for young Black girls to have negative experiences related to their hair. The study, which is...
