Childhoods can predict a great deal about how adult lives might play out. The most important result of our research is that early life adversity and adult social relationships have independent effects on survival. This has been an important question for social scientists, because one possibility is that the effects of adult social bonds on survival are solely a result …
NEW YORK — When the Ford Foundation took the unprecedented step in June 2020 of issuing $1 billion in debt to help stabilize other nonprofits, it delighted investors and inspired several other large foundations to follow suit. Responding to what the MacArthur Foundation called the “twin pandemics” of COVID-19 and systemic racism, the foundations mostly issued social bonds ranging from …
For These Vampires, A Shared Blood Meal Lets 'Friendship' Take Flight Vampire bats might have a nasty reputation because of the way they ruthlessly drink their victims' blood, but these bloodthirsty beasts can be both generous and loyal when it comes to their fellow bats. Sponsor Message "We could see that during the time the bats are in captivity that …
