There has been no shortage of bold claims recently about artificial intelligence (AI) and jobs—from mass unemployment to over-hyped distraction. Much of this debate is speculative. Often, coming from the tech giants promoting ...
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Do our norms around sex presentation uphold a constrictive gender regime? In a new article in Ethics, Ophelia Vedder writes that the abolition of hegemonic gender roles must involve the elimination of "compulsory sex-marking," ...
Social Sciences
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Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is opening the door for more researchers to conduct consumer studies than ever before. But that same accessibility may push the field toward increasingly generic results—and ultimately ...
Economics & Business
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Imagine a stark choice. You can save one person who is likely to live another 30 years. Or you can save several people who may each live another 10 years. Should we prioritize saving more lives—or more years of life? This ...
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2026
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Improved methods for social and behavioral sciences research could help enhance public trust in science, says a new study that investigated the robustness of data analysis to understand whether it reliably stood the test ...
Social Sciences
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From front-line emergency service workers to policy professionals, teachers, and nurses, the public sector is filled with everyday heroes. But how motivated is your friendly neighborhood public servant? Findings from a new ...
Economics & Business
Apr 14, 2026
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Aided by the Trump administration, debate over gender identity has gone from being a touchstone of domestic culture wars to infiltrating the work of international groups—including those designed to protect vulnerable communities.
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2026
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Recently, a cheerful 100-year-old message in a bottle was found on the south-west coast of Australia. In it, a World War One soldier proclaimed to be "as happy as Larry."
Mathematics
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Popular AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Gemini are not neutral and tend to favor certain political parties when asked who users should vote for. This makes them unsuitable for providing advice in connection with elections, ...
Political science
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Online sexism is often dismissed as random—just a few bad comments or offensive jokes. But what appears scattered and spontaneous is increasingly structured, repeated, and amplified in ways that make it far more influential.
Social Sciences
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