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| 05/15/2013 |
Study: Young men who feel body shame less hopeful about relationshipsIt's no longer just Barbie dolls that evoke a sense of unattainable beauty. Now, it seems G.I. Joe's biceps and six-pack abs are doing the same. Increasingly, objectification and heightened masculinity in images of men is saturatin… |
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| 09/15/2011 |
Study: When it comes to college student 'hookups,' more is said than doneCollege students talk about hooking up – a lot. In fact, they talk about it much more than it actually happens, and they believe other students are having the encounters more often than they actually are, as a new study shows. The research from th… |
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| 10/18/2011 |
Study: U.S. men put high importance on fatherhood as well as careersThe classic figure of a distant, career-focused father who spends lots of time at the office and who has little time for his kids might be getting outdated, a new study shows. In a nationwide survey that exa… |
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| 04/12/2010 |
Study: U.S. church attendance steady, but makeup of churchgoers changesU.S. church attendance rates have held relatively steady over the past three and a half decades, a new study shows. But the makeup of the nation's congregations has undergone significant changes during that same time. University of Nebraska-Lincoln … |
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| 08/17/2015 |
Study: Two major U.S. aquifers contaminated by natural uraniumNearly 2 million people throughout the Great Plains and California live above aquifer sites contaminated with natural uranium that is mobilized by human-contributed nitrate, according to a study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Data from rou… |
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| 05/3/2011 |
Study: To college students, shoplifting and music piracy are worlds apartWhat's the difference between stealing a CD from a music store and ripping off music online? The music industry and law enforcers say there is none: Theft is theft, whether it's physical or digital. College students participating in a newly publishe… |
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| 10/29/2010 |
Study: To be good, leaders need to be a little badOutgoing. Assertive. Calm. Practical. Decisive. These are obvious qualities that one would want in their leaders. But what about, say, arrogant, hesitant, overly dramatic, inflexible, or being a "yes-man"? A new study has found that when it comes to… |
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| 02/16/2015 |
Study: Thinnest known material shields nanotechnology from heatIf it can't stand the heat, get out the graphene. University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemists and electrical engineers have published a new study showing that coats of graphene -- a honeycombed sheet of carbon only one atom thick -- can protect d… |
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| 09/13/2010 |
Study: Teasing about weight can have big effects on pre-teensSchoolyard taunts of any type can potentially damage a child's sense of self-confidence. But a new study suggests that a particular kind of teasing -- about weight -- can have distinctive and significant effects on how pre-teens perceive their bodies… |
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| 04/7/2015 |
Study: Stereotypes make coming out trickier to navigate for bisexualsWhen Oregon Gov. Kate Brown came out as bisexual to her parents, they reportedly told her they wished she'd come out as a lesbian instead because it would be easier to understand and accept. Such reactions are common, according to a new study co-aut… |
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| 01/22/2015 |
Study: Small doses of resistant starch make big differenceConsuming even modest amounts of resistant starch can lend a significant punch to the gut microbes that benefit human health, according to a new study by University of Nebraska-Lincoln food scientists. As a … |
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| 02/19/2015 |
Study: Sibling bullying experiences affect perceptions of peer bullyingSibling rivalry and aggression are part of growing up. It's fodder for sitcoms and family films, because anyone who has siblings most likely survived an occasional noogie or verbal lashing. It's so commonplac… |
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| 08/23/2010 |
Study: Protect 'communities of interest' when drawing new House districtsThe age-old practice of dividing congressional districts evenly by population speaks to such American ideals as fairness and equality. But when a county's residents are carved into separate districts simply to maintain that numerical parity, many end… |
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| 07/20/2015 |
Study: Property of non-stick pans improves solar cell efficiencyThe same quality that buffers a raincoat against downpours or a pan against sticky foods can also boost the performance of solar cells, according to a new study from UNL engineers. Published July 20 in the journal Nature Communications, the study sh… |
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| 10/27/2014 |
Study: Perceptions of politicos affect attention, gaze directionPolitical stances defined as "left" or "right" have no physical spatial connection. The use of the terms in political discourse can be traced back to 18th-century France, when supporters of the revolution sat to the left in the Nat… |
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