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A survey of 1,300 businesses shows that employers are increasingly using internships and AI tools to evaluate candidates for full-time jobs.
~ The hidden bias in college admissions tests: How standardized exams can favor privilege over potential ...
Once thought to be an unhealthy experience, researchers now know that feelings of nostalgia can promote greater social connectedness and a deeper sense of meaning and purpose.
At first glance, calls from members of Congress to restore academic merit in college admissions might sound like a neutral policy.
On a cool February morning in 1904, a spark ignited a fire in the heart of downtown Baltimore. Within hours, a raging inferno swept eastward across the harbor district, consuming everything in its ...
It turns out that simply observing mistreatment at work can have a surprisingly strong impact on people, even for those not directly involved. That’s according to new ...
One-third of the Earth’s land surface is already degraded. The UN estimates that more than 2.6 billion people are harmed by land degradation, with countries losing up to US$10.6 trillion (£7.8 ...
Andean people of the past looked at these strings as a record of the climate, and they studied them to understand patterns.
AI avatars of dead people are teaching courses and testifying in court. Even with the best of intentions, the emerging practice of AI ‘reanimations’ is an ethical quagmire.
Israel’s initial attack on Iranian nuclear and military facilities, alongside its assassination of top military officials and nuclear scientists, on June 13 has been followed by days of escalating ...
Airstrikes involving more than 200 aircraft targeted nuclear and missile facilities, as well as key figures in the Iranian military and nuclear programme leadership. The attack, codenamed “Operation ...
When that important link is broken, your health gets worse and the costs borne by the whole health care system for your treatment rise.