Women in the UK earn, on average, 14.9 pence less per pound than men, based on the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This means that while men are getting paid from January 1, women have effectively ...
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2023
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Does the digital sharing economy really reduce harm to the environment? In a recent study, researchers found that food sharing has significant environmental advantages, but that a substantial part of the benefits of online ...
Economics & Business
Feb 8, 2023
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It's a grim and all too common sight for rangers at some of Africa's nature reserves: the bullet-riddled carcass of an elephant, its tusks removed by poachers. African elephant populations have fallen by about 30% since 2006. ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 11, 2023
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As the Office for National Statistics reports that Britain has become less religious, a new study from Queen Mary University of London details how faith groups can learn from COVID-19 to create new connections among different ...
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2022
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How many people are working from home, and how many have returned to the office? The answer to this—apparently simple—question is surprisingly complicated.
Economics & Business
Jul 13, 2022
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Social Sciences
May 31, 2022
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A collaboration between CU Boulder's Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis and Digital Slavery Research Lab aims to regenerate identities using statsitics.
Mathematics
Apr 1, 2022
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The collection of data on a person's sex—that is, whether they are male or female—has become controversial in recent years, and a number of public bodies have moved away from collecting data on sex as a result. For example, ...
Social Sciences
Dec 22, 2021
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In 2021 so far, some 2467 new objects large enough to be tracked have been added to world catalogs of orbital objects, out of which 1493 are new satellites and the rest are debris. While new objects are added, others are ...
Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2021
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Any democratic nation in the world holding a legislative or presidential election in the late 1960s could expect around 77% of its citizens to turn up to vote. These days, they can expect more like 67% – a decline that ...
Political science
Sep 22, 2021
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