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Secondary school exams are here, with all the stress they bring. But parents can help their teenagers stay engaged by getting the motivational basics right and keeping a sense of perspective.
Glaciers in North America, Europe and the Andes, in particular, have significantly less ice than people realized.
To concentrate best, we need to resist distractions. It can help to set some goals and check your progress as you study.
Research shows that millennials don’t drive as much as previous generations, largely because of their beliefs.
Low-wage workers are less likely than high-wage workers to have access to things like masks, hand sanitizer and training on how to prevent COVID-19 transmission.
A scholar disproves the long-held assumption that black names are a recent phenomenon.
You’re not as good as blocking out distractions as you think you are.
Women in the workplace face discrimination at every level, including in upper management.
Wondering if that latest study finding is too good to be true, or whether it’s as bad as we’re told? Here are five questions to ask to help you assess the evidence.
When it comes to completing homework, getting organized and celebrating small victories along the way is key, an expert on learning strategies says.
Interruptions are inevitable – but how they happen matters.
New research shows how attractive employees can rub some customers the wrong way.
The number of Airbnb properties has exploded since its founding in 2008. A hospitality management expert looked at how this has hurt hotels.
The likes of AB InBev and MillerCoors have been trying to jump on the craft beer bandwagon by snapping up artisanal breweries. Do consumers care?
The midterm elections have put America’s political divide front and center, increasingly invading the work space and stressing out employees.
A lighting revolution is underway across Africa that’s occurred largely without government or donor involvement.
A newish method called the multidimensional poverty index is revealing new insights into the South Africa’s poverty.
South Africa needs to harness its service sector into an innovative and export orientated way to push back poverty, unemployment and inequality.
Self-organisation initiatives taken by slum residents across Africa can help urban development.
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Executive Head of the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators, Human Sciences Research Council
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Director of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Founding Director, Institute for Sustainability, University of Surrey
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