Why young workers are leaving fossil fuel jobs – and what to do if you feel like 'climate quitting'
Oct 30, 2023 10:56 am UTC| Life
Are you frustrated with your employers lack of commitment to sustainability? Maybe climate quitting is for you. Climate quitting means leaving your job due to concerns about your employers impact on the climate or because...
How to redesign social media algorithms to bridge divides
Oct 30, 2023 10:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
Social media platforms have been implicated in conflicts of all scales, from urban gun violence to the storming of the US Capitol building on January 6 and civil war in South Sudan. Scientifically, it is difficult to tell...
Louisiana's 'In God We Trust' law tests limits of religion in public schools
Oct 30, 2023 10:55 am UTC| Life
When Louisiana passed a law in August 2023 requiring public schools to post In God We Trust in every classroom from elementary school to college the author of the bill claimed to be following a long-held tradition of...
Oct 30, 2023 10:55 am UTC| Life
On a chilly Halloween night in late October 1950, dozens of Jewish teenagers and their friends gathered for merriment in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester at the Hecht House, a Jewish community center that provided job...
Too many products are easier to throw away than fix – NZ consumers deserve a ‘right to repair’
Oct 27, 2023 15:08 pm UTC| Life
There was time when the family washing machine would last decades, with each breakdown fixed by the friendly local repairman. But those days are long gone. Today, it is often faster, easier and cheaper to replace...
Workplace tensions: How and when bystanders can make a difference
Oct 27, 2023 15:06 pm UTC| Life
In todays climate of global political tensions and polarization, workplaces are filled with conflicting viewpoints. When employees hold political identities and perspectives that do not align with their co-workers, they...
Five witchcraft myths debunked by an expert
Oct 27, 2023 15:04 pm UTC| Life
About 400 years ago, the European witch hunts were at their peak. Between the 15th and 18th centuries, an estimated 50,000 people, mostly women, were executed for witchcraft across Europe. They were accused of...
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects