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How cultural differences shape responses to COVID-19

Published: 20 October 2021

A study exploring cross-cultural differences in knowledge and attitudes towards COVID-19 reveals that people in Europe had the least knowledge of COVID-19 and lowest tendency to care about the...

Expert: Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp back online after global outage

Published: 6 October 2021

Facebook and Facebook-owned apps Instagram and WhatsApp were up and running again late Monday after being hit by an outage that affected users around the world. The social media giant said the...

Expert: Why You Should Pay Attention to K-pop Group BTS Performing at The American Music Awards

Published: 17 November 2017

The K-pop boy group BTS (aka Bangtan Sonyeondan (Korean) or 鈥淏eyond the Scene鈥 (English)) will be performing live at the American Music Awards (AMAs) this Sunday in Los Angeles. This will mark the...

Human sounds convey emotions better than words do

Published: 18 January 2016

By Katherine Gombay, 海角社区 Newsroom Brain uses 鈥渙lder鈥 systems/structures to preferentially process emotion expressed through vocalizations

First language wires brain for later language-learning

Published: 1 December 2015

Research also demonstrates brain's plasticity and ability to adapt to new language environments

Perceived threat: Aboriginals and visible minorities

Published: 16 September 2015

Canadian cities that have significant visible minority and Aboriginal populations have bigger police forces than those without. No matter what the actual level of crime.

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