Are ghosts real? A social psychologist examines the evidence
Oct 25, 2023 05:34 am UTC| Life
Certainly, lots of people believe in ghosts a spirit left behind after someone who was alive has died. In a 2021 poll of 1,000 American adults, 41% said they believe in ghosts, and 20% said they had personally...
Students with strong self-belief are happier and more successful – as our study shows
Oct 24, 2023 09:43 am UTC| Life Health
Students success and happiness can be improved by building their self-belief their perception of their capacity to complete a challenging task. In a study with 763 students at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University in...
Oct 24, 2023 09:31 am UTC| Life
Think about your favorite devices your smartphone, laptop, tablet, computer or console the things you use to play cool games, watch hilarious videos and connect and chat with friends. Many young people spend a lot of...
Accidental managers: why people who are great at their job can fail when they get promoted
Oct 24, 2023 09:29 am UTC| Life Business
Theres a saying that people dont quit their job, they quit their boss. And poor management certainly has a lot to answer for in the UK workplace. A staggering 82% of new managers in the UK are what the Chartered Management...
Decontaminating Fukushima: have the billions spent been worth it?
Oct 24, 2023 09:28 am UTC| Business Life
The Chernobyl and (to a lesser extent) Fukushima nuclear accidents contaminated large areas of land with low-level radioactivity. After both accidents, huge efforts were taken to decontaminate the affected areas. But a...
A brief history of goth fashion – from all-black to pastels
Oct 24, 2023 09:22 am UTC| Life
Goth is the subculture that never died or more precisely, perhaps, remains undead. The persistence of the subcultures style is due to the remarkable richness of the cultural tradition on which it draws, and its...
Oct 24, 2023 09:21 am UTC| Life
Warning: this article includes graphic descriptions of violence. Nearly 13,000 Australian children aged 10 to 17 sought help alone from specialist homeless services last year. Many of these young people will have...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects