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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Jul-2025 06:11 ET (15-Jul-2025 10:11 GMT/UTC)

The truth may hurt. But for couples, it’s worth it.

University of Rochester
Peer-Reviewed Publication

I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE: A University of Rochester study of more than 200 couples finds that being honest when expressing a desire for change leads to greater personal and relationship well-being for both partners.

Journal: Social Psychological and Personality Science
Funder: John Templeton Foundation

Hybrid job training improves participation for women in Nepal, study finds

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Globally, women’s workforce participation is about 25% lower than men’s, often due to barriers such as domestic responsibilities and cultural norms. Vocational training can increase employment opportunities, but women may not be able to attend training programs that require them to be away from home. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, in collaboration with an international research team, explored whether hybrid distance learning can improve accessibility to job training for rural women in Nepal.

Journal: Journal of Development Economics

Black, Hispanic kids less likely to get migraine diagnosis in ER

American Academy of Neurology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Children and young people who are Black or Hispanic are less likely to be diagnosed with migraine than those who are white when being seen for headache in a pediatric emergency department, according to a study published in the February 5, 2025, online issue of Neurology^®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study also found they received fewer tests and less intensive treatment.

Journal: Neurology

Global social media engagement trends revealed for election year of 2024

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An analysis of more than 4 million Facebook posts created by news outlets and political parties in 2024 highlights global social media engagement trends and political polarization during a year which included elections for many countries. Giulio Pecile and colleagues at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on February 5, 2025.

Journal: PLOS One

Zoom fatigue is linked to dissatisfaction with one’s facial appearance

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Facial appearance dissatisfaction is associated with virtual meeting (VM) fatigue, which prompts the use of impression management behaviors and results in lower intention to adopt VM technologies, according to a study published February 5, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Chaeyun Lim from Michigan State University, U.S., and colleagues.

Journal: PLOS One

Students around the world find ChatGPT useful, but also express concerns

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international survey study involving more than 23,000 higher education students reveals trends in how they use and experience ChatGPT, highlighting both positive perceptions and awareness of the AI chatbot’s limitations. Dejan Ravšelj of the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS One on February 5, 2025.

Journal: PLOS One

Labor market immigrants moving to Germany are less likely to make their first choice of residence in regions where xenophobic attitudes, measured by right-wing party support and xenophobic violence, are stronger, per 2004-2017 data

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Labor market immigrants moving to Germany are less likely to make their first choice of residence in regions where xenophobic attitudes, measured by right-wing party support and xenophobic violence, are stronger, per 2004-2017 data

Journal: PLOS One