A four-day working week is more productive for most staff and companies than the traditional five days, one of the biggest trials of its kind conducted in the UK reported on Tuesday.
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2023
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All children and adolescents have the right to live free from discrimination. However, the public debate last week around the proposed religious discrimination bill threatened this right.
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2022
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A linguistic analysis of Nazi propaganda suggests that dehumanization of Jews shifted over time, with propaganda after the onset of the Holocaust portraying Jews as having a greater capacity for agency, relative to earlier ...
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2022
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Does a lobster feel pain when you pop it in a pot? The UK government asked us to find out.
Plants & Animals
Dec 17, 2021
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When it comes to communication, sometimes it's our body language that says the most--especially when it comes to our eyes.
Robotics
Mar 6, 2012
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Parenting style—helicopter parenting (disciplinarian) versus free-range explorer (nurturing)—may be a key to the country's political future. A new study out of Carnegie Mellon University has found a person's parenting ...
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2022
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A woman grips her purse tightly as you approach. A store manager follows you because you look "suspicious." You enter a high-end restaurant, and the staff assume you're applying for a job. You're called on in work meetings ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2021
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It's a familiar problem: you leave the house and while closing the door, the question whether the stove was turned on or off pops up in your head. Although annoying, this problem could easily be solved by turning around and ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2017
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New research out of Queen's University could give insight into what terrorists are thinking. Professor David Skillicorn (School of Computing) analyzed language used in two jihadist magazines to gain intelligence about terrorist ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2014
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Concern has grown about prison systems' use of extended solitary confinement as a way to manage violent and disruptive incarcerated people. A new study identified groups that are more likely to be placed in extended solitary ...
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2021
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