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Workplace diversity training programs are everywhere, but their effectiveness varies widely

Workplace diversity training programs are everywhere, but their effectiveness varies widely

Despite recent efforts to restrict them, diversity training programs have become as ubiquitous in American offices as the water cooler. They’re everywhere. But our recent update on the state of diversity training research confirms that…

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we found that wildlife rangers do a better job than machines

we found that wildlife rangers do a better job than machines

Lions are a symbol of Africa’s last wild places. It’s a species central to many of the continent’s cultures and religions. But lion populations have reportedly declined over the past 50 years, especially in parts…

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US to build new stockpile of bird flu vaccine for poultry By Reuters

US to build new stockpile of bird flu vaccine for poultry By Reuters

By Leah Douglas and Tom Polansek (Reuters) -The U.S. will rebuild a stockpile of bird flu vaccines for poultry that match the strain of the virus circulating in commercial flocks and wild birds, the Department…

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Brain monitoring may be the future of work – how it’s used could improve employee performance or worsen discrimination

Brain monitoring may be the future of work – how it’s used could improve employee performance or worsen discrimination

Despite all the attention on technologies that reduce the hands-on role of humans at work – such as self-driving vehicles, robot workers, artificial intelligence and so on – researchers in the field of neuroergonomics are…

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Wolves with a taste for nectar? How we discovered the first large carnivore that pollinates flowers

Wolves with a taste for nectar? How we discovered the first large carnivore that pollinates flowers

Every year in the highlands of Ethiopia, when the rain returns after a parched dry season, a dazzling sight unfolds. Vast fields of a plant known as the Ethiopian red hot poker revive from their…

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Alaska sues Biden administration over oil and gas leases in Arctic refuge By Reuters

Alaska sues Biden administration over oil and gas leases in Arctic refuge By Reuters

By Ryan Patrick Jones (Reuters) – The U.S. state of Alaska has sued the Biden administration for what it calls violations of a Congressional directive to allow oil and gas development in a portion of…

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How platform companies shortchange porn performers and ride-hailing drivers alike

How platform companies shortchange porn performers and ride-hailing drivers alike

On a porn set in California’s San Fernando Valley, a performer we’ll call Jake explains why he joined the industry after dabbling in escorting. He says he was drawn to porn work because of the…

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Seven advances in technology that we’re likely to see in 2025

Seven advances in technology that we’re likely to see in 2025

In the grand scheme of things, 45 years is not a long time. Back in 1980, it would take me three weeks to run a computer program, written in the programming language Cobol, that worked…

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Biden team wraps up expanded clean energy credit guidance By Reuters

Biden team wraps up expanded clean energy credit guidance By Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Tuesday released guidance to help companies secure clean energy tax credits under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, finalizing a program to extend subsidies long available for wind and…

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Providing driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants improves birth outcomes, research shows

Providing driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants improves birth outcomes, research shows

When states give driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, it affects nondrivers, too — even the littlest ones. Babies born to immigrants from Mexico and Central America are bigger and healthier in states that make that…

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