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Social Sciences Mar 6, 2024

Film festivals are becoming more diverse in several ways, new study reports

A group of Tallinn University researchers has published an innovative study that sheds light on the intricate dynamics of the global film festival circuit, revealing insights into diversity and public value creation within ...

Social Sciences Feb 26, 2024

People in power found to avoid using sensitive language at work

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology finds that people in positions of power are three times less likely to use sensitive language in work-related emails than people junior to them.

Social Sciences Feb 21, 2024

Taiwan's Indigenous languages are under threat—what can NZ learn from their successes and failures?

There has been a global push to revitalize Indigenous languages since the late 1980s.

Social Sciences Feb 20, 2024

From bridge to chess, why men outperform women at 'mindsports'

Why do men strongly outperform women at "mindsports" such as chess and bridge? Mindsports mainly use the brain and require skills such as memory, critical thinking, problem solving, strategic planning, mental discipline and ...

Archaeology Feb 14, 2024

Did Eurasia's dominant East-West axis 'turn the fortunes of history'?

Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997) is Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning effort to explain the contrasting histories of Native Americans, Africans, and aboriginal Australians vs. Europeans and Asians. One of his intriguing ...

Superconductivity Feb 12, 2024

Flowermon: A superconducting qubit based on twisted cuprate van der Waals heterostructures

Quantum technology could outperform conventional computers on some advanced optimization and computational tasks. In recent years, physicists have been working to identify new strategies to create quantum systems and promising ...

Social Sciences Feb 9, 2024

Rethinking masculinity: Teaching men how to love and be loved

How will young men learn to love when many messages seem to be either focused on what is wrong with them—or how they can dominate?

Social Sciences Feb 6, 2024

Generative AI in the classroom risks further threatening Indigenous inclusion in schools

It is well documented that Australian teachers face challenges incorporating Indigenous perspectives and content in their classrooms. The approach can sometimes be somewhat tokenistic, as if the teacher is "ticking a box". ...

Social Sciences Jan 30, 2024

From Twitter to X: One year on, are white supremacists back?

On 28 October 2022, just one day after acquiring Twitter, Elon Musk published a message that summed up his vision for its future: "The bird is free."

Social Sciences Jan 29, 2024

Digital 'history machines' are never politically neutral, researcher says

The idea of creating a "universal library" that contains the entirety of all the human knowledge and heritage has inspired the imaginations of the brightest minds of scholars and humanists since ancient times.

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