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Social Sciences Oct 23, 2023

Female board members help improve firms' corporate sustainability reporting, finds study

New research has revealed that firms with female directors on the board, regardless of how many, improves the quality of corporate sustainability disclosures than those with no board representation.

Social Sciences Oct 18, 2023

What do a Black scientist, nonprofit executive and filmmaker have in common? They all face racism in workplace culture

American workplaces talk a lot about diversity these days. In fact, you'd have a hard time finding a company that says it doesn't value the principle. But despite this—and despite the multibillion-dollar diversity industry—Black ...

Ecology Oct 13, 2023

Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem

The Antarctic Endeavour glides across the water's silky surface as dozens of fin whales spray rainbows from their blowholes into a fairy tale icescape of massive glaciers.

Social Sciences Oct 11, 2023

Donkeys could help protect Ethiopian women from destitution, study finds

Donkeys are vital to the lives of women in Ethiopia and could be the difference between destitution and modest survival, new research has found. The study also revealed that societal perception of donkeys as low-status animals ...

Social Sciences Sep 28, 2023

Queer leaders: LGBTQI+ people still overwhelmingly absent from corporate boards

Most companies like to show that they care about queer people. Following gains in rights and legal recognition over the last decades, it is now a commonly established ritual to display a rainbow logo during Pride Month. Big ...

Social Sciences Sep 19, 2023

Witchcraft accusations an 'occupational hazard' for female workers in early modern England

While both men and women have historically been accused of the malicious use of magic, only around 10–30% of suspected witches were men by the 16th and 17th centuries.

Archaeology Sep 13, 2023

Stone Age artists carved detailed human and animal tracks in rock art in Namibia

During the Later Stone Age in what is now Namibia, rock artists imbued so much detail into their engravings of human and animal prints that current-day Indigenous trackers could identify which animals' prints they were depicting, ...

Social Sciences Sep 8, 2023

Death and mourning in Ghana: How gender shapes the rituals of the Akan people

Gender has a significant impact on the socio-economic, political and religious experiences of Ghanaians. For Akans, the country's largest ethnic group, descent is traced through the maternal line. Property is transferred ...

Social Sciences Sep 7, 2023

'Future of Rugby' report uncovers rugby's social impact around the world

Ahead of the first match of the Rugby World Cup 2023 (RWC23) this weekend, a new report released today by Mastercard and the University of Bath reveals how rugby is set for a significant growth in global followers by 2025.

Plants & Animals Sep 5, 2023

New research sheds light on the origins of social behaviors

Male fruit flies don't usually like each other. Socially, they reject their fellow males and zero in on the females they discern via chemical receptors—or so scientists thought.

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