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Other Apr 15, 2024

Researcher finds first arrival of Shakespeare's plays in Portugal

John Stone, a professor at the University of Barcelona, has found the request for two copies of Shakespeare's Othello to be sent to Lisbon in 1765, in the correspondence of the English scholar John Preston, a professor at ...

Social Sciences Mar 12, 2024

Family unbound: How Western society is redefining and assembling families through digital platforms

Modern Western life offers a wide range of possibilities of what "family" can be: single parents, rainbow families, patchwork constellations, co-parenting, adoption, surrogacy and partnerships without children. Family forms ...

Plants & Animals Feb 29, 2024

New methods of conservation needed to prevent the extinction of great apes, researchers say

Great apes, human's closest living relatives, are knocking on the door of extinction.

Environment Nov 28, 2023

COP28: Inside the United Arab Emirates, the oil giant hosting 2023 climate change summit

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the world's seventh largest oil producer, will host the 28th UN climate change summit (COP28) in Dubai from November 30 to December 12. Presiding over the conference will be the chief executive ...

Social Sciences Nov 21, 2023

Study unveils strategies for global virtual teams to facilitate effective long-distance communication

Scientists say they have revealed a host of strategies that can facilitate the flow of information among global virtual teams (GVTs) of different cultural, linguistic, and geographic backgrounds.

Social Sciences Sep 26, 2023

Workplace loneliness is the modern pandemic damaging lives and hurting businesses

Loneliness is a much discussed social issue, but it is rarely considered to be a workplace problem that needs to be managed like other health issues at work.

Economics & Business Jul 5, 2023

Study investigates how language proficiency affected virtual work adaptivity during COVID-19

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck and many organizations shifted to work-from-home, how did English-speaking employees of multinational corporations adapt?

Environment Jul 3, 2023

COP28 host UAE pledges to triple renewables

The oil-rich United Arab Emirates said it would triple renewable energy production as part of a raft of environmental initiatives announced on Monday, months before it hosts UN climate talks.

Social Sciences Jun 28, 2023

Study of migrants after Brexit: 'If you don't want me, I don't want you either'

Brexit may have made it a lot harder for British companies to retain highly skilled migrants. Many migrants feel they need to distance themselves from the United Kingdom, even as others indicated not being affected at all, ...

Social Sciences Mar 20, 2023

Women and minority US forces reflect on the invasion of Iraq, now 20 years ago

Twenty years ago, the United States led the "coalition of the willing" in an invasion of Iraq, in the shadow of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US by militant Islamic network al-Qaeda.

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