My wife stared at me in shock as I ripped open the package. The FedEx driver hadn't even made it back to his truck as I held the item up overhead like a trophy. Fumbling for words, she asked: "Why on earth did you buy a Speedo ...
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2026
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Flying abroad for a summer vacation is not as simple as it used to be. Geopolitical uncertainty has already disrupted flight schedules and fuel prices this year. For many, staying closer to home will seem like a sensible ...
Economics & Business
Jul 20, 2026
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Nearly 40% of Canadian workers say they feel burned out often or always, according to a 2025 survey by Mental Health Research Canada and Canada Life. The term has become part of a broader lexicon of modern work, alongside ...
Archaeology
Jul 20, 2026
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When schools closed and child care disappeared during the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of working parents faced the same difficult question: Whose job would have to change?
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2026
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A follow-up national survey developed by Western researchers shows workplace harassment and violence continue to be widespread in Canada, with some signs of improvement. The second national survey on harassment and violence ...
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2026
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Hybrid work has brought many real benefits. Greater flexibility can make it easier to manage work alongside family responsibilities, personal commitments and other demands. But it has also created new challenges, particularly ...
Social Sciences
Jul 19, 2026
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Rising energy prices in the U.S. reduce states' economic output, but they also prompt investments in more efficient equipment and technologies that partially offset those output losses over time, according to a new study ...
Economics & Business
Jul 19, 2026
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A new study by a University of Florida sport management professor and colleagues challenges long-held assumptions about how young athletes should train and suggests that Major League Baseball teams might be missing players ...
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2026
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Technological advances in autonomous truck technology are poised to have significant economic ripple effects on U.S. interstate commerce, highway infrastructure and labor costs, according to new research co-written by a team ...
Economics & Business
Jul 17, 2026
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Conceived by famed sociologist Paula England in the mid-1990s, occupational devaluation theory helps explain why workers in occupations with more women get paid less than workers in occupations with more men.
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2026
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