Credit: Tim Gouw/Pexels Unemployed people often need not only a financial safety net but also a stimulus to look for work. Ph.D. candidate Heike Vethaak researched the effects of incentives used by benefit agencies, such as compelling people to widen their job search. And what happens when the application process is unintentionally long? “The effects … Read more
Robin McKie is the science editor of the Observer. Over the last 42 years, he’s covered everything from advances in genetics and new discoveries in physics to the urgent scientific issues raised by the Covid pandemic. But one topic excites him more than any other: space – and, more specifically, the moon. He tells Michael … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Behind the relatively stable income inequality in the Netherlands, big changes have been happening. Income inequality has increased over the past 40 years, but less sharply because women in lower income groups have begun working more. In contrast, men’s income has increased very little over the past 40 years. This is … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A comprehensive new survey reveals the changing face of UK families amid recent economic, social, and political turmoil. The methodology and initial findings from the UK Generations and Gender Survey are being presented today [Friday, 19 January] at a meeting of academics and stakeholders in London. The presentations include two issues … Read more
Relative Abundance, Group 1. Relative abundance of the top 30 species of participants with normal sperm concentration and motility on SA versus participants with at least one abnormality in sperm concentration or motility on SA. Credit: Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51686-4 You may have heard about the gut microbiome and its influence on a person’s … Read more
AID framework, identification and prediction process of consumer vulnerability. Credit: Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (2023). DOI: 10.1007/s11747-023-00986-8 Artificial intelligence has become the Swiss Army knife of the business world, a universal tool for increasing sales, optimizing efficiency, and interacting with customers. But new research from Texas McCombs explores another purpose for AI … Read more
Surface temperatures at 7 a.m. EST on Jan. 16, 2024. Temperatures below freezing are in blue; those above freezing are in red. The jet stream is indicated by the light blue line with arrows. Credit: Mathew Barlow/UMass Lowell, CC BY Over the past few days, extremely cold Arctic air and severe winter weather have swept … Read more
Forensic genealogy is still in the research and development phase, and while its value is clear for solving crime, the ethics debate over its use has a long way to go, says an expert in the field. “Genealogy has taken on a life of its own and we’re catching up,” Nicole Novroski, an assistant professor … Read more
Antechinus mimetes cannibalizing one of its own species. Credit: Elliot Bowerman The mouse-sized marsupial famed for its mighty mating until it dies has now been observed eating its own dead. Antechinuses are carnivorous marsupials well-known for suicidal sex sessions where all males die after the 1–3 week breeding period, according to Associate Professor Andrew Baker … Read more
Primary substrate classes use in the study. Credit: Geomatics (2024). DOI: 10.3390/geomatics4010002 The world’s largest deep-sea coral reef has been discovered off the East Coast: a massive 6.4 million acre seascape that stretches from Miami to Charleston, South Carolina, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Exploration. That makes it larger than Vermont, NOAA … Read more
