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Brain drainage? Like the Brain Benefit: How Skilled Immigrants Increase Global Prosperity
Credit: CC0 Public Domain As public debate intensifies around immigration, new research from the University of California School of Global Policy and Strategic is challenging traditional wisdom about “brain drain.” This is the idea that when skilled workers migrate from developing countries, their housekeeping squads suffer. The paper, published in Science, reveals that advanced immigration from developing countries can in…
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Archaeologists sailing like a Viking make unexpected discoveries
Credit: Lund University Grier Jarrett, an archaeologist at Lund University in Sweden, has been sailing in the Viking’s footsteps for three years. He can now show that the Vikings sailed far from Scandinavia and took a route farther from the land than previously thought possible. In his latest research, he found evidence of a network of decentralized ports on islands…
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The report uncovers the key challenges youth face
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain According to the Global Report, poor mental health, increased obesity rates, exposure to violence, exposure to violence and climate change are among the key challenges faced by adolescents today. A groundbreaking report by adolescent health experts, including the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), revealed how supporting the health and well-being of young people can improve the…
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Net Zero Construction Push Stock UK Workforce Mental Health and Happiness
Credit: Pixabay on Pexels The pressure in the decarbonised industry sector places emphasis on workers. The UK’s Labour Government is seeking low-carbon and homemade energy supplies by 2030. The scale and pace of this transformation is unprecedented in the country’s electricity sector, and includes building twice as many transmission infrastructures (pylons, cables, substations) over the next five years built on…
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3D modeling reveals lighting conditions of the Parthenon in ancient Greece
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Parthenon, a mid-5th century temple on the top of the Acropolis Hill, is dedicated to the Athena, Greek god of wisdom, and the guardian goddess of Athens. Despite its lasting damage, its masterpiece remains a classic example of classic Greek architecture, celebrated with a 40-foot-high chrissepantan statue of Athena housed inside. The arrangement of the…
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Ancient cemeteries and rock art discovered on the Tanjier Peninsula in Morocco
Images of the newly discovered Cist Cemetery and Tumuli. (a) Daroua Zaydan; (b) Ourad Zin. Credit: Hamza Benattia; African Archaeological Review (2025). doi:10.1007/s10437-025-09621-z A trio of archaeologists from the University of Castila-La Mancha, both in the University of Barcelona and Spain, as well as the National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage in Morocco, discovered three ancient cemeteries on the Tangier…
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Executive Pay is beginning to look the same everywhere: it can hurt performance, research suggests
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Corporate Commission is also increasingly paying the CEO. This is a shift that could undermine the performance of a company. A new Virginia Tech survey found that CEO pay has been 24% similar in public companies since 2006. Researchers measured changes using a composite index that tracks payment methods that companies track payroll, bonuses, stock…
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Archaeologists shed light on the treatment of individuals with disabilities in the late medieval period
A femoral fracture of grave 2399 with the tibia repositioned to indicate a 45 degree angle. Credit: Nelly Harkberg, Museum of Culture in Lund. The skeletal structure of a man with severely dislocated knee fractures found in Lund cemeteries in southern Sweden helps to unravel the complexities of social attitudes towards individuals with disabilities in the late Middle Ages. This…
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Ten studies will teach you about the global economic elite
The age distribution of elites by country and gender. Credit: British Journal of Sociology (2025). doi:10.1111/1468-4446.13203 Who are the people who make up the world’s economic elite? And do they differ between countries? In the new unique database, an international team of researchers compiled individual data from 16 countries, which account for one third of the world’s population and more…
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Awareness from colleagues helps employees deal with bad work experiences
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Appreciating colleagues can help employees deal with negative experiences at work, according to a new study, including the University of East Anglia (UEA). Researchers found that employees experience “depression,” an emotional response to perceived workplace injustice, on days when they are assigned more irrational tasks than usual. This negative emotions not only affect their work, but…
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