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Education, Gender and Work

New Zealand is replacing 'sexist' road signs - after a 7-year-old complained

The New Zealand transport authority is creating gender-neutral signs after a 7-year-old girl complained.

Beh Lih Yi · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 06 Aug 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Debunked: 8 myths about AI's effect on the workplace

Machine learning looks set to cause a seismic shift in the world of work. Here's what you need to know.

Jeff Desjardins · Visual Capitalist 06 Aug 2018

Neuroscience

Your morals and religious beliefs are linked. But not in the way you'd expect

Whether or not you're religious, our morality seems to come from the same place.

Jim Davies · The Conversation 06 Aug 2018

Workforce and Employment

Here are all the ways Americans admit to wasting time at work

A new survey looks at how workers in the US self-report their time spent at work on non-work related activities.

Corinne Purtill and Dan Kopf · Quartz 06 Aug 2018

Aviation, Travel and Tourism

How your commute is changing you

Our journeys to and from work are starting to change the way we think and act.

David Bissell · The Conversation 06 Aug 2018

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Technology is making these rare elements among the most valuable on Earth

As technology advances, elements such as cobalt are becoming more and more valuable.

Hywel Jones · The Conversation 06 Aug 2018

Information Technology

Greenpeace’s saints and sinners in the tech world

Rising demand for electricity to power the online services we all depend on comes at a price – increasing emissions. Some tech players are doing better than others in stemming the carbon ...

Sean Fleming 03 Aug 2018

Fragility, Violence and Conflict

‘I thought I'd never get out alive’ – the Muslim director who interviewed neo-Nazis

In this interview, activist and film-maker Deeyah Khan talks about her experiences filming white nationalists and jihadists – and why the two might not be so different.

Alex Gray 03 Aug 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This AI-operated robotic hand moves with “unprecedented dexterity”

Dactyl is an AI system trained to control a robotic hand.

Kristin Houser · Futurism 03 Aug 2018

Fourth Industrial Revolution

This is what automation could mean for low-wage jobs in the US

New research looks at the impact of automation on low-wage jobs in the US - suggesting that it's likely to be offset by employment growth of similar paying jobs.

Daniel Aaronson and Brian Phelan · LSE Business Review 03 Aug 2018

Future of Economic Progress

How can the US labour market pull young people back to full-time work?

School enrollment and full-time employment have changed dramatically in the US.

Brian Dew · Center for Economic and Policy Research 03 Aug 2018

Gender Parity

These projects are helping Zambian women get better access to land

Civil society organisations are helping to establish gender equality for female landowners.

Cynthia Caron · The Conversation 03 Aug 2018

Information Technology

Apple becomes the first US trillion-dollar public company

Propelled by rocketing share prices, the iPhone-making tech giant races ahead of Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft.

Kevin Kelleher · Fortune 03 Aug 2018

Migration

Life for a Syrian refugee in Lebanon, through the eyes of one family

Reham, a Syrian refugee, lives in a small town in the north of Lebanon with her parents and three siblings.

Heaven Crawley · The Conversation 03 Aug 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Puerto Rico's forests have started to recover from Hurricane Maria

Puerto Rico is no stranger to extreme events. Throughout recorded history, the island has been in the eye path of more than 50 tropical storms. It’s still recovering from last year’s Hurr...

Tamara Heartsill Scalley, Nancy Harris, and Thailynn Munroe · World Resources Institute 03 Aug 2018

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