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Dealing with difficult customers? Taking a few minutes to reflect on your day may help
Front-line workers have little control over how customers treat them. New research on taxi drivers points to a simple coping habit.
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ disappoints in its portrayal of Homer’s women
The women of Homer’s Odyssey were cunning, desiring and powerful. Nolan’s adaptation turns them into figures of suffering, sacrifice and regret.
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Canada’s energy transition needs a more diverse workforce
As long as women and other equity-seeking groups are underrepresented, Canada’s clean energy workforce remains inequitable.
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Some tropical butterflies live surprisingly long lives. Is it their high-protein diet?
Heliconius butterflies eat high-protein pollen and seem to age well.
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China is claiming the right to punish its critics anywhere on Earth
China’s new ethnic unity law reaches across borders. The danger is not that it does so. It is what it criminalizes, whom it targets, and how it enforces.
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What happens to pupils’ Welsh after they leave school?
Schools can teach Welsh, but can they create lifelong speakers? New research suggests the answer is more complicated than policy assumes.
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How pigeon fanciers are helping scientists understand lung disease
By testing hundreds of pigeon fanciers, researchers hope to predict who is most at risk and improve treatment for a wider family of lung diseases.
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AI translators are getting more fluent – but communication is never just a matter of words
AI translation can be fast, convenient and fluent. But that does not guarantee people will understand each other.
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Pain and the struggle for relief: How fear influences patient access to medical opioids
Patients in Indonesia cannot access medical opioids because the government fears drug misuse.
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How white farmers still dominate land ownership in South Africa in spite of land reform – new research
Research shows that market-based land reform in South Africa since 1994 has often benefited white farmers and preserved inequality instead of reducing it.
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Ariana Grande’s appearance attracted intense scrutiny, not just genuine concern
There’s an important difference between scrutiny and concern. Here’s why this matters.
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Australia has long relied on volunteers and wildlife carers. As bird flu spreads, they will need support
Volunteers have been a mainstay of conservation in Australia. As bird flu spreads, they must be supported – and kept safe.