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Study by uOttawa researchers finds positively moving on from a break-up is easier for both ex-partners if the initiator was autonomy-supportive during the break-up; Being “autonomy-supportive” - being honest, using non-controlling language and taking time to acknowledge the other person – is key; Whereas an initiator being honest and sharing a non-controlling reason were associated with higher positive vitality post-break-up, ongoing contact with one’s ex was associated with higher depression and anxiety.

Larger companies receive lower online ratings than smaller businesses—not because of product quality, but because consumers feel less empathy toward them.

From lurid innuendos to verbal abuse and physical assault, female teachers are bearing the brunt of a new wave of sexism and misogyny in Australian schools according to research from Adelaide University.

Sunlight, or solar radiation, is a critical factor in determining local weather, crop productivity, and climate. Before current instruments were available to accurately and automatically determine solar radiation at a given location, daily weather diaries were kept in Japan by aristocrats and farmers alike. A research team leveraged a digitized daily weather diary to estimate the solar radiation in Tokyo between 1720 and 1912, and validated the data against  estimation from observed sunshine duration since 1896. The analysis detected two periods of low sunlight that coincided with two famines in Tokyo’s history.