The shift to remote working in March 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has raised many questions on the future of work. A new report looks at who has benefited from remote and hybrid work models and what organizations ...
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2022
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A small study suggests that when two pigs are fighting, a bystander pig can intervene to either reduce the number of attacks by the aggressor or to help reduce the anxiety of the victim. The study of 104 domestic pigs, published ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 7, 2022
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The world is falling miserably short of reducing carbon emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, a 2015 treaty to keep global warming well below 2℃.
Social Sciences
Nov 7, 2022
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The path to peace usually leads through a ceasefire. In an international project, ETH Zurich researchers have shown the conditions under which parties to civil wars are willing to stop fighting—and why they decide to do ...
Political science
Nov 4, 2022
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Ahead of COP27, researchers are calling for the "massive" carbon footprint of the world's armed forces to be measured and managed, in an article published today in Nature.
Environment
Nov 2, 2022
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Feeling empathy for others is deeply engrained into our biology, as seeing another individual in pain triggers an empathic response in the brain of the observer, which allows us to understand and feel what other feels. However, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2022
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As concerns grow that the war in Ukraine could expand into a nuclear conflict, U.S. President Joe Biden compared the current situation to the Cuban missile crisis, a Cold War confrontation between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. ...
Political science
Oct 24, 2022
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With more than 7,000 individuals populating the Carpathian Mountains and neighboring areas, Romania has the highest density of brown bears in Europe. As they often inhabit human-dominated landscapes, conflicts with people ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 21, 2022
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Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia, is plagued by political and economic crises. The fall of a president, a military putsch and the crackdown on religious minorities have had an impact not only on life but also on research ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 20, 2022
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Over a third of office staff are working away from home for more days than they would like, according to new research from the University of Leeds.
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2022
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