Despite toiling up to 18 hours a day, Rhoda, a Filipina migrant domestic worker in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was given food only once every 24 hours by her employers, who insisted she must finish all her daily chores ...
Social Sciences
Jan 14, 2019
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Depending on the outcome of social conflicts, ants of the species Harpegnathos saltator do something unusual: they can switch from a worker to a queen-like status known as gamergate. Now, researchers reporting in the journal ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 4, 2021
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As the cost of living crisis worsens, scores of workers in the gig economy globally are grappling with another threat to their hard-earned wages—the double-edged sword of online reviews. New research has exposed how tech ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2022
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With the impact of industrial robots on the U.S. labor markets in the past two decades, and an ever-increasing presence of machine-driven technology (such as artificial intelligence and ChatGPT), many employees have feared ...
Economics & Business
Mar 29, 2023
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The decomposed bodies of six women, four of whom were identified as sex workers, were recently discovered at a panel beating factory in Johannesburg. A 20-year-old man has been charged with six counts of murder. The case ...
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2022
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Spurred by advances in digital technology, an on-demand workforce has been growing steadily for well over a decade, creating a new "gig" economy. This is an economy in which more and more people either choose to, or are forced ...
Business
Aug 18, 2015
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Getting out of prison is often assumed to be cause for celebration and a new beginning. However, many women exiting prison face profound disadvantage, isolation, poor mental and physical health and struggle finding housing.
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2022
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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has completed a project to help a UK company diagnose medical conditions through monitoring patients' breath.
Engineering
Mar 9, 2010
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Australia wants to build a 2.7-kilometer concrete runway in Antarctica, the world's biggest natural reserve. The plan, if approved, would have the largest footprint of any project in the continent's history.
Environment
Jul 17, 2020
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How do ants crawl on walls?—Ethan, age 9, Dallas, Texas
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2022
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