Hard work feels worth it, but only after it’s done – new research on how people value effort

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When deciding if something is worth the effort, whether youve already exerted yourself or face the prospect of work changes your calculus. Thats what we found in our new research, published in the Journal of Experimental...

Insects are everywhere in farming and research − but insect welfare is just catching up

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Did you know your lipstick might be made from beetles? Or that some cat food may soon be made from flies? People farm insects for all sorts of reasons: Farmers rear bees to pollinate billions of dollars of crops, textile...

Abolition wasn’t fueled by just moral or economic concerns – the booming whaling industry also helped sink slavery

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Historians have long debated whether the end of slavery in the United States was primarily driven by moral campaigns or economic changes. But what if both perspectives are looking at only part of the puzzle? We are experts...

Florida is home to about 341,000 immigrants from Venezuela and Haiti who may soon lose residency, work permits

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Florida leads the nation in the number of immigrants with Temporary Protected Status, or TPS. Soon after taking office, the Trump administration moved to scale back protections for the largest groups of these immigrants ...

The Trump administration says Tren de Aragua is a terrorist group – but it’s really a transnational criminal organization. Here’s why the label matters.

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The U.S. State Department declared on Feb. 20, 2025, that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, as well as some Mexican drug cartels, are now considered foreign terrorist organizations. Is the new label warranted? Tren de...

The problem with Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center isn’t the possibility of ‘Cats’

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When President Donald Trump announced that he was assuming control of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, he described the move as a triumph over wokey programming. He subsequently fired the 17 board members...

Being alone has its benefits − a psychologist flips the script on the ‘loneliness epidemic’

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Over the past few years, experts have been sounding the alarm over how much time Americans spend alone. Statistics show that were choosing to be solitary for more of our waking hours than ever before, tucked away at home...