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Plants & Animals Apr 11, 2024

Elephant tourism often involves cruelty. Here are steps toward more humane, animal-friendly excursions

Suju Kali is a 50-year-old elephant in Nepal who has been carrying tourists for over 30 years. Like many elephants I encounter through my research, Suju Kali exhibits anxiety and can be aggressive toward strangers. She suffers ...

Social Sciences Apr 9, 2024

COVID-19 school and daycare closures left working mothers physically and mentally exhausted, study shows

Home-schooling and caring for children during the COVID-19 school and daycare closures left many working mothers physically and mentally exhausted and with little or no time to switch off, a new study shows.

Environment Apr 8, 2024

Why is Ghana so hot this year? An expert explains

Ghana's meteorological agency and the state's health service have issued warnings about a period of very high temperatures expected in the first half of 2024 around the country. Ghana's experience is part of a global phenomenon: ...

Social Sciences Apr 3, 2024

Chatbot guides women through post-prison challenges

Most women leaving prison face profound disadvantages and rarely have access to the resources needed to settle back into the community. Seemingly simple tasks such as obtaining replacement identification documents or opening ...

Social Sciences Mar 27, 2024

Avoiding the gifts-in-kind trap: New research shows how influencers can make their work pay

Social media influencers who want to be paid money for their content must focus on three key areas to lift themselves out of the gifts-in-kind trap and to protect their pursuit of meaningful work, new research from the University ...

Social Sciences Mar 26, 2024

Survey study shows workers with more flexibility and job security have better mental health

A team of community health specialists at the Boston University School of Public Health, working with a psychiatrist from Brown University, has found evidence that suggests workers who have more job flexibility and security ...

Economics & Business Mar 25, 2024

New study shows treating work like a game drives results

A study from West Virginia University engineers demonstrates that people's completion of monotonous assembly tasks improves when doing those tasks involves playing a game.

Education Mar 21, 2024

New student advisor is an AI bot that designs academic plans, suggests books

The Los Angeles school district on Wednesday unveiled a much-awaited AI tool named "Ed" to serve as a new student adviser, programmed to tell its young users and their parents about grades, tests results and attendance—while ...

Space Exploration Mar 20, 2024

Hiring booms at SpaceX and Blue Origin making it hard for NASA to attract talent

SpaceX and Blue Origin LLC are competing to launch satellites and take humans to the moon. They are also paying big salaries to hire so many young and tireless engineers that old-line aerospace employers like Boeing Co. and ...

Environment Mar 18, 2024

Over half of global commutes are by car, says study

What is the extent of car dependency around the world? Why should the best places to live be car-free? What are the best public transportation cities? A new study by Rafael Prieto-Curiel, from the Complexity Science Hub, ...

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