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Women are more competitive when they’re given an option to share winnings – a research finding that may help close the gender pay gap

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Women are more likely to take risks and engage in competitive activities if they’re allowed to share their potential winnings with…

Our North African ancestors were making handaxes earlier than previously thought

More than 1.5 million years ago, a new era dawned for our human ancestors, Homo erectus: the Acheulean culture. This period was marked by the ability to produce large cutting tools, mainly handaxes, manufactured using…

Nearly 90 countries join pact to slash planet-warming methane emissions By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Methane bubbles are seen in an area of marshland at a research post at Stordalen Mire near Abisko, Sweden, August 1, 2019.REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo By Kate Abnett, Valerie Volcovici and Ilze…

Why Kenya’s digital ID roll-out must face up to data protection risks

Controversy has dogged Kenya’s pursuit of a digital identity database for all children, citizens and residents, intended to replace the physical identity card issued only to citizens over 18 years old. Concerns include lack of…

Mersch: no political appetite for ‘European safe bonds’

Yves Mersch, European Central Bank Europe is not politically ready for “European safe bonds” which would bundle together the sovereign debt instruments of different eurozone countries, Yves Mersch said today (February 10). Mersch, a member…

Hope for path out of Sudan’s crisis in days, U.N. envoy says By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Sudan’s new Prime Minister in the transitional government Abdalla Hamdok, speaks during a Reuters interview in Khartoum, Sudan August 24, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters)…