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Category: Other Sciences
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Why brands can become emotional lifelines in times of crisis
The rain hasn’t stopped for hours. Wind rattles the shelter’s windows as the storm outside swells, flooding the streets they used to call home. In a crowded gym, a family of four sit huddled together on makeshift beds pushed side by side each…
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New research shows that spending less on tobacco, gambling and sweets is good for the UK economy
A new study from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) has found that public health policies that reduce spending on harmful products can actually provide a significant boost to U.K. jobs and the wider economy. The research, published in…
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Surviving slavery: Family ties were vital
Young children who grew up in slavery on Surinamese plantations were much more likely to die if they were without a mother. This is evident from a historical analysis of Surinamese slave registers by researchers at Radboud University and…
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Pay gap among academics does not stop at university, says study
The pay gap between men and women does not disappear when they leave university, even with a Ph.D. In fact, immediately after obtaining their doctorate, women already start with an average disadvantage of 171 euros per month, which only increases…
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Tourists are fueling exploitative working conditions by demanding cheap holidays, warns new research
Customers are playing a much bigger role in creating poor working conditions in tourism than most people think, according to a new study from the University of Surrey and Strathclyde University. The research argues that holidaymakers’ obsession…
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Urgent need for school-housing partnerships to support students facing housing instability, according to study
Housing instability, often invisible to schools until it begins to disrupt attendance, learning, or mental health, is a growing challenge for families with school-age children, according to new research. A policy scan led by USC Rossier Professor…
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Seasonal and Multi-Decadal Climate Cycles Persisted during Snowball Earth, Scientists Say
A new analysis of exquisitely preserved laminated rocks (varves) from the Port Askaig Formation on the Garvellach Islands, Scotland, shows that climate oscillations occurred on annual, decadal, and centennial timescales during the Sturtian…
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Resource requirements and consequences of large-scale hydrogen use in Europe
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The four prio-scenarios are designed to test the impacts of using the respective energy carriers at a very large scale (within the limits of what the authors deem theoretically possible) by 2050. This is intended to represent…
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Starlight or shadow? Gendered outcomes of star collaborations for independent non-star gig workers: evidence from the board game design industry
Açıkgöz A, Latham GP (2022) Self-set learning goals and service performance in a gig economy: a moderated-mediation role of improvisation and mindful metacognition. J Bus Res 139(1):1553–1563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.10.074
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