On Sept. 9, 2013, after enduring years of horrific cyberbullying at the hands of her Lakeland, Fla., classmates, 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick climbed to the top of a water tower and leapt to her death.
Machine learning & AI
Jun 13, 2019
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A new report from the Data Science 4 Everyone coalition reveals that data literacy skills among fourth and eighth-grade students have declined significantly over the last decade even as these skills have become increasingly ...
Education
Feb 14, 2023
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Coworking spaces have been growing in all the world's major cities for 15 years. But what makes them so popular? Why and when did they appear? Who are their members?
Social Sciences
Jan 28, 2020
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Every January Larry Fink, the head of the world's largest funds manager, BlackRock, sends a letter to the chief executives of major public companies.
Environment
Feb 28, 2020
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An old floodplain forest in Hungary was destroyed by unauthorized clear-cutting in a protected area near the Tisza River.
Environment
Mar 6, 2020
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Amazon.com's advertising business is likely to more than double its sales in the U.S. this year, a market researcher said Wednesday, which would place the company behind only Google and Facebook.
Business
Sep 24, 2018
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The idea of a four-day working week is gaining traction. Recently, several high-profile companies have trialled reduced hours. And in the UK, the Labour Party has pledged a 32-hour four day work week within ten years should ...
Environment
Oct 4, 2019
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If you're looking for an unconventional approach to doing business, select a CEO with an uncommon name, according to new research co-authored by an expert at Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business.
Social Sciences
Sep 8, 2020
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New research findings have shown that employees who work with animals gain an unintended benefit—developing greater compassion. The research from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School suggests that ...
Social Sciences
May 23, 2022
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Engineers and business leaders have been working on autonomous cars for years, but there's one big obstacle to making them cheap enough to become commonplace: They've needed a way to cut the cost of lidar, the technology ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 16, 2020
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