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When both partners work from home: The hidden cost of always-on technology

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When partners work from home, constant digital interruptions increase after-work frustration, strain couples’ relationships, and place a heavier psychological burden on women, UNSW research has found.This post was originally published on this site

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How design of public housing can lift future prospects of children

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Public housing high-rises, common in the late 20th century, often siloed residents from surrounding communities. “You had these big towers that were in the middle of large courtyards, spaced far away from other residents,” said […]

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‘Are You Dead?’ China’s viral app reveals a complex reality of solo living and changing social ties

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A Chinese personal safety app called Are You Dead?—recently rebranded as Demumu—has gone viral in recent weeks, attracting widespread media attention.This post was originally published on this site

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Another kind of student debt is entrenching inequality: ‘Time inheritance’

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In November 2012, during my first year as a Ph.D. student, a 23-year-old medical student knocked on my door. Earlier that day, we had been discussing our ages in our shared kitchen. At 30, I […]

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Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and their knowledge

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Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense tropical forest. The objective: map thousands of square miles, including the ground beneath the […]

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Student well-being comes from care, but is caring enough? Academics reflect on three stumbling blocks

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Students’ well-being in higher education has been a growing concern globally since the coronavirus pandemic, which disrupted learning and lives generally.This post was originally published on this site

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Collective intelligence: How to incentivize problem solving in groups

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When a crowd gets something right, like guessing how many beans are in a jar, forecasting an election, or solving a difficult scientific problem, it’s tempting to credit the sharpest individual in the room. But […]

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What ice-fishing competitions reveal about human decision-making

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Whether gathering berries, hunting, or fishing, humans searching for food make decisions not only based on personal experience but also by observing others. In a large-scale field study, an international team of researchers investigated how […]

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Rethinking Troy: How years of careful peace, not epic war, shaped this bronze age city

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Imagine a city that thrived for thousands of years, its streets alive with workshops, markets and the laughter of children, yet that is remembered for a single night of fire. That city is Troy.This post […]

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Welcome to the ‘Homogenocene’: How humans are making the world’s wildlife dangerously samey

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The age of humans is increasingly an age of sameness. Across the planet, distinctive plants and animals are disappearing, replaced by species that are lucky enough to thrive alongside humans and travel with us easily. […]

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Top Stories

  • Rescheduling marijuana would be a big tax break for legal cannabis businesses, and a quiet form of deregulation

    In December 2025, the Trump administration accelerated the process of reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act—a shift that would reduce restrictions and penalties associated with the drug.This post [...]
  • Pubs are far more valuable to society than the tax they pay

    English pubs will receive a 15% discount on their business rates from April this year. The government deal, which also applies to music venues, follows a backlash from landlords who were facing a steep increase [...]
  • Climate change is reshaping how companies do business

    Climate change is not only disrupting supply chains and asset values, it is also quietly reshaping companies’ choice of business partners. New research based on nearly two decades of data from thousands of US-listed firms [...]

Highlights

  • Why hospitality skills can help all businesses adapt to the AI revolution
  • Filing taxes for someone else? Here’s how to do it safely
  • Rescheduling marijuana would be a big tax break for legal cannabis businesses, and a quiet form of deregulation
WHAT’S NEW
  • Study reveals shrinking package sizes hide significant food inflation
  • AI bosses are creating a new problem for gig workers
  • Government funding for AI jobs did not produce more jobs, research finds
  • Review finds digital tools alone do not improve finances without motivation and agency
WHAT’S INTERESTING
  • How political leanings affect views on academic freedom: New research
  • Perceiving AI as a ‘job killer’ negatively influences attitudes towards democracy, study suggests
  • Social media ban for under-16s could ‘create a game of cat and mouse’ between platforms and users
  • Banal but brutal: Career anxiety as a driving force behind authoritarianism
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