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Baby-sized altruistic helping': Selflessness may begin in infancy, study suggests
Andrew Meltzoff, psychology professor, discusses his research in altruism among babies.
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Parentese,' not traditional baby talk, boosts a baby's language development
Naja Ferjan Ramirez, an assistant professor of linguistics, discusses how "parentese," as opposed to traditional baby talk, is beneficial for language development in babies.
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Babies are willing to give up food, showing altruism begins in infancy, study says
Psychology professor Andrew Meltzoff explains the results of a study he co-authored showing babies' natural tendencies towards altruism.
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Babies Show Signs of Altruism, Giving Up Food Even When They're Hungry, Study Finds
Andrew Meltzoff, psychology professor, discusses the results of a study he co-authored indicating that babies are more altruistic than most people think.
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More evidence 'parentese' does help babies learn language
Assistant linguistics Professor Naja Ferjan Ramirez discusses how "parentese" can help young children in learning languages.
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New jail-based intervention increases uptake of treatment for opioid use disorder after release
Caleb Banta-Green, affiliate associate professor of public health, discusses new research into the treatment of opioid use disorder for incarcerated people.
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How to reduce your pet’s carbon pawprint
Associate director of the Program on the Environment, Kristi Straus, shares tips for reducing your pet's carbon footprint.
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How social 'tipping points' could limit global warming
Alex Lenferna, philosophy doctoral student, writes about how the creation of social 'tipping points' could lead to social transformations that mitigate the effects of climate change.
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12 relationship habits science says predict divorce
John Gottman, professor emeritus of psychology and founder of the Gottman Institute, discusses signs that couples may be heading towards divorce.
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Community-based counselors help mitigate grief, stress among children orphaned in East Africa
Shannon Dorsey, psychology professor, is the lead author of a study on how cognative behavioral therapy can help children in low-income countries recover from traumatic events.
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Seattle’s hidden housing crisis: Middle-class workers forced out of the city
Margaret O'Mara, history professor, weighs in on why Seattle's middle class is struggling to find housing.
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Australia’s drenching rains are waking venomous spiders. And they’re ready to mate.
Rod Crawford, curator of arachnids at the Burke Museum, discusses whether more posionous spiders thriving in Australia's wildfires should be of concern to citizens.
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‘Divorce Month’ Fact or Fiction: Do More Couples Split in January?
Julie Brines, associate professor of sociology, weighs in on whether it's true that more couples divorce in January than other months of the year.
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Climate activism vs. free speech: Amazon warns employees that they could be fired for speaking publicly without approval
Aseem Prakash, political science professor, weighs in on a controversy surrounding how Amazon employees are speaking out about their company's efforts to address climate change.
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Rebuilding Peace after War
How can a nation heal from a civil war? UW doctoral student Francis Abugbilla traveled to Côte d’Ivoire for answers.