By Joshua Gonzales, PhD Student in Management at the Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph
New research reveals that when we outsource the effort of finding the right words, we strip our relationships of their value.
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By Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
People have become used to living with AI fairly quickly. ChatGPT is barely three years old, but has changed the way many of us communicate or deal with large amounts of information.
It has also led to serious concerns about jobs. For if machines become better than people at reading complex legal texts, or translating languages, or presenting arguments, won’t those old fashioned human employees become irrelevant? Surely mass unemployment is on the horizon?
Yet, when we look at the big numbers…
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By Prachi Agarwal, Research Fellow in International Trade Policy, ODI Global
Jodie Keane, Senior Research Fellow, International Economic Development Group, ODI Global
Maximiliano Mendez-Parra, Researcher at the Centre for the Analysis of Regional Integration at Sussex (CARIS), University of Sussex
The use of tariffs to try to rebalance trade has been a central plank of Trump 2.0 economic policy. But has it worked?
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By Gerard Dooly, Assistant Professor in Engineering, University of Limerick
Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectively. I grew up walking the beaches around Tramore in County Waterford, Ireland, where plastic debris has always been part of the coastline, including bottles, fragments of fishing gear and food packaging.
According to the UN, every year 19-23 million tonnes of plastic lands up in lakes, rivers and seas, and it has a huge impact on ecosystems, creating pollution and damaging animal habitats.
Community groups…
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By Roberta Blake, Professor of Animal Performance Science, Anglia Ruskin University
Humans have long believed horses can “smell fear”. Nervous riders are often told to “relax, or the horse will feel it”. Until recently, though, there was little scientific evidence to show whether this was anything more than folklore.
A new study has found that this belief is no myth. Its results show that horses can detect chemical signals linked to human emotions, and that these signals can influence their behaviour and physiology.
Previous research has pointed to
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By Paty Paliokosta, Associate Professor of Special and Inclusive Education, Kingston University
A campaign – backed by celebrities including actress Sally Phillips and broadcaster Chris Packham as well as MPs – is calling on the government not to scrap or reduce education, health and care plans (EHCPs).
These provide legally binding extra support for children with special educational needs. There are fears that this will be a change…
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By Mark Shanahan, Associate Professor of Political Engagement, University of Surrey
The speeches delivered by the Canadian prime minister and the US president presented a stark contrast in style and substance.
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By Lianne M Lefsrud, Professor and Risk, Innovation & Sustainability Chair (RISC), University of Alberta
Psychological safety — the belief that it is safe to speak up with concerns, questions or mistakes — is widely recognized as essential for organizational learning, innovation and workplace safety.
Yet its absence — interpersonal fear — is rarely examined in investigations of serious workplace incidents. My new…
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By Kevin Trenberth, Distinguished Scholar, NCAR; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Understanding what is happening deep beneath the ocean surface is key to understanding the weather patterns we are experiencing on land.
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By Amnesty International
Following repeated rounds of fighting between the Syrian authorities and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the military wing of the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), in north-east Syria, and responding to the transfer of control to the Syrian authorities over some detention facilities and camps holding people suspected of affiliation to […] The post Syria: Human rights and international law must guide next steps in north-east Syria appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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