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Can dogs help teens cope with peer stress?

About one in 10 teenagers experiences social anxiety—persistent and disruptive worries about being judged by classmates and other peers. In a new study of adolescents with social anxiety, researchers at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University found that certain qualities of teens' relationships with their pet dogs…

Predicting the conditions that create famine

Famines were once thought to be fading into history. But after devastating crises in places such as Somalia and Sudan—and with levels of extreme food insecurity rising worldwide—researchers are asking whether a better understanding of famines could lead to improved forecasting and help prevent catastrophic hunger.

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