Episodes

  • Hidden physical health costs for minority youth overcoming adversity

    Hidden physical health costs for minority youth overcoming adversity
    Jan 6 2024
    When youth thrive despite difficult circumstances, they are usually lauded for their accomplishments. However, overcoming adversity may have a hidden physiological cost, especially for minority youth. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign looks at physiological changes among high-striving minority youth in early adolescence.
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    7 mins
  • Words like sex and fight are most likely to stand the test of time

    Words like sex and fight are most likely to stand the test of time
    Jan 6 2024
    New research from the University of Warwick reveals that words like 'sex' endure in our language in a ‘survival of the fittest’ way, similar to natural selection.
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    4 mins