Researchers from the IAEA Insect Pest Control Laboratory in Vienna, Austria have employed near infrared still photographs and time-lapse video to observe the pupa of the living tsetse fly, and for the first time have watched ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 11, 2016
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A new paper in The Economic Journal finds that female executives decrease the wage-gap for women at the top of a firm while widening it at the bottom.
Economics & Business
Aug 14, 2019
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Increasing temperatures induced by climate change will have consequences on the labor market. Especially in industries with high exposure to heat, high temperatures may result in a reduction in labor supply (due to fewer ...
Social Sciences
Jul 14, 2022
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As more people work temporary gigs with little protection, or fear layoffs in an unstable economy, job insecurity is on the rise. These stresses understandably contribute to poor mental health and feelings of anxiety. But ...
Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2020
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The #metoo movement has brought the widespread sexual harassment experienced by women in the workplace to the fore. Women in traditionally male jobs and workplaces are even more likely to experience gender discrimination ...
Social Sciences
Nov 27, 2018
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Working Australians, on average, lost 167 hours of work worth more than $5,000 each and $47 billion to the economy from the start of March to the end of October due to COVID-19, new research shows.
Economics & Business
Nov 10, 2020
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Female artists across all areas of the arts experience gender-related disadvantage in pursuing their creative careers, which reflects discriminatory problems affecting women in society more generally.
Social Sciences
Nov 11, 2020
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Researchers who study cities have long documented an "urban wage premium," whereby workers in denser, larger cities tend to have higher wage and salary incomes. But a new study by a UCLA scholar is providing fresh insight ...
Social Sciences
Nov 21, 2023
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Ants can be found in nearly every location on Earth, with rough estimates suggesting there are over 10 quadrillion individuals—that is a 1 followed by 16 zeroes, or about 1 million ants per person. Ants are among the most ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 13, 2023
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Television crime shows often are set in cities, but in its third season, ABC's "American Crime" took a different tack. It opened on a tomato farm in North Carolina, where it showed a young woman being brutally raped in a ...
Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2023
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