Employees who are impressed by vague corporate-speak like “synergistic leadership,” or “growth-hacking paradigms” may struggle with practical decision-making, a new Cornell study reveals. Published in the journal Personality and Individual…
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Workers who love 'synergizing paradigms' might be bad at their jobs
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Use of buy-now-pay-later loans rising most rapidly among middle-aged households, UK survey finds
A survey of nearly 6,000 UK households warns of a sharp increase in those aged 40–59 years using buy-now-pay-later loans (BNPL). These loans are currently accessed by 18% of UK households (up from 15% in May 2025) and while BNPL use is highest…
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Engineers Risk Their Lives to Repair Ukraine Power Grid
Every time Russia attacks Ukraine’s power infrastructure, Ukrainian engineers risk their lives in the scramble to get electricity flowing again. It’s a dangerous job at best, and a lethal one at worst. It also requires creativity. Time…
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Uneven distribution of knowledge seeking for female researchers
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Unfair Inequality in Education: A Benchmark for AI-Fairness Research
Mehrabi, N., Morstatter, F., Saxena, N., Lerman, K. & Galstyan, A. A survey on bias and fairness in machine learning. ACM Comput. Surv. 54, 115:1–115:35, https://doi.org/10.1145/3457607 (2022).
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Economic evaluation of a digital symptom checker for endometriosis using a Markov decision process model
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We developed a Markov decision process model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a digital SC (‘Flo SC’) for endometriosis compared to standard care. The analysis adheres to best practices in health economic modeling,…
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five ways to ensure that scientists are responsible pilots
In the early 1980s, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs described the computer as “a bicycle for our minds”. He was inspired by a Scientific American graphic he’d encountered as a boy, showing that a human on a bicycle is more energy-efficient…
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Strategic differences and corporate environmental disclosure quality: empirical evidence from heavily polluting industries in China
Barney J (1991) Firm resources and sustained competitive advantage. J Manag 17(1):99–120
Bi Q, Gu Y, Zhang Y (2015) Traditional culture, environmental system and enterprise environmental…
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