| | 1. Study finds unexpected link between public health, tax policies16:50[-/+]Категория(?) | A new study finds that the more a state's budget relied on sales tax revenue, the more likely it was to shorten stay-at-home orders during the early stages of the COVID pandemic. The findings suggest that state public-health decisions may have been influenced by unexpected budgetary constraints imposed by public-health restrictions. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
2. Online meetings come with pros and cons—managers should understand all of them16:30[-/+]Категория(?) | Video meetings have become a staple in the workplace. A recent study among senior IT industry managers shows that video meetings have a dual impact on remote leadership. Although Teams, Zoom and other tools for video meetings have become embedded in day-to-day organizational practices, their role in leadership has not been thoroughly examined from the perspective of technological opportunities and constraints—until now. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
3. AI disclosure labels may do more harm than good, study warns07:00[-/+]Категория(?) | The growing use of AI-generated scientific and science-related content, especially on social media, raises important concerns: these texts may contain false or highly persuasive information that is difficult for users to detect, potentially shaping public opinion and decision-making. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
4. Why the Doomsday Clock has outlived its usefulnessВс, 08 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | The Doomsday Clock—a symbolic device to signal an array of existential threats to the world since 1947—was recently moved to 85 seconds before midnight, the closest it has ever been to midnight. And that was before all-out war broke out in Iran. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
7. Analysis of 1,000 Tinder profiles reveals nine standard pose typesСб, 07 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | Choosing a Tinder profile picture may feel like a free, personal and creative act. But how true is that? A new study from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) shows that, far from being unique, most users follow one of a small number of visual strategies. The research, led by Alejandro Garcia Alaman, a member of the CIRCLE Lab and instructor at the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, identifies nine standardized profile types that recur systematically on these platforms. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
8. Why being nice matters in a complex worldСб, 07 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | Coan says practicing kindness, be it big or small, is a one-two punch for your health and for those around you. That includes "weak ties," the casual, micro-relationships people form. "People often deride small talk as shallow," he said. "Well, it's not. Small talk and weak ties are really important. These are the connections we have with people in our community—like the person who runs the coffee shop we visit. Small acts of kindness become more likely when we engage with people at all, and engaging often means making small talk." Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
9. Many scientists now use AI but fail to disclose it, study findsПт, 06 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | When scientists employ generative AI tools like ChatGPT to help with tasks such as editing and translation for their academic writing, many journals now ask them to disclose this assistance. The rules are intended to maintain transparency in scientific publishing. But many researchers are failing to acknowledge their reliance on these programs, according to a new report published in the journal PNAS. Yongyuan He and Yi Bu at the Department of Information Management, Peking University, analyzed more than 5.2 million papers published in 5,114 journals between 2021 and 2025. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
10. Recreating the forms and sounds of historical musical instrumentsПт, 06 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | What if there were a way to create accurate replicas of ancient and historical instruments that could be played and heard?In late 2024, senior MIT postdoc Benjamin Sabatini wrote MIT Professor Eran Egozy to ask just that, and about a collaborative research project between the Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology (CMRAE) and the MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) to CT scan, chemically and structurally characterize, and produce replicas of the ancient and historical musical instruments housed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
11. New research warns charities against 'AI shortcut' to empathyПт, 06 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | A new report from the University of East Anglia (UEA) warns that the potential reputational damage of charities using AI-generated images in their campaigns is more complex than many organizations realize. It comes as humanitarian budgets tighten and production pressures increase, with many charities and NGOs turning to AI tempted by the offers of speed, cost efficiency and creative flexibility. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
12. A translation vanished: Why Ljuba Metzl may be missing from theater historyЧт, 05 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | The Neo-Latin theater play "Cenodoxus" (1602) by Jakob Bidermann is now only known to some researchers in Latin and German studies. But from 1930 to 1960, the story about the battle between heavenly and hellish powers for the soul of the Parisian scholar Cenodoxus was at the height of its popularity in German-speaking countries: actors in science and culture praised the play as a Latin "Hamlet" or "Faust." Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
13. Weaponizing kinship: How Colombia's armed conflict uses family loss to tear apart communitiesЧт, 05 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | During armed conflicts in Latin America, state forces, insurgents, and paramilitaries systematically employed massacres, torture, abductions, and targeted killings to dismantle social structures. The Comision para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, la Convivencia y la No Repeticion—CEV (Colombian Truth Commission) concluded that all armed groups in the country used homicides and enforced disappearances as deliberate tactics to extend the reach of violence beyond the immediate victims, destabilizing entire families and communities, and consolidating territorial and economic control. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
15. CEO turnover taxes analyst attention, skewing broader forecastsЧт, 05 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | When analyst attention is absorbed by CEO turnover, other companies in their portfolio pay the price, new Cornell research finds. The study, "Analyst Rational Inattention: Evidence from CEO Turnover Events," published in the Accounting Review, finds that high-impact turnover events capture a disproportionate amount of analyst attention, leading to less-accurate forecasts for non-event companies they cover during that time. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
16. Drug-related homicides increased in Mexico after NAFTA, study findsЧт, 05 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | The opening of trade borders under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 was accompanied by a significant increase in drug-related violence in Mexican regions that functioned as key corridors for drug trafficking. That is the result of a recent study by Erik Hornung, Professor of Economic History at the University of Cologne's Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences and member of the ECONtribute Cluster of Excellence at the Universities of Cologne and Bonn. The findings are published in the Journal of Development Economics. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
17. When populist rhetoric is high, entrepreneurs are more likely to dodge taxesЧт, 05 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | A new study finds that the greater the amount of populist rhetoric in a nation, the less likely entrepreneurs are to register their businesses—dodging both taxes and government regulations. "Populist rhetoric refers to political language that focuses on the 'will of the people' and taking action against a 'corrupt elite,'" says Tim Michaelis, an assistant professor of psychology at North Carolina State University. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
20. Why conversation is more like a dance than an exchange of wordsЧт, 05 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | Think about the last time you told a story to a friend. You probably adjusted it halfway through. You saw their eyebrows lift. You noticed them lean in, or glance away. You clarified a detail. You sped up the ending. That constant fine-tuning is not a bonus feature of communication: it is communication. And you can read all about this real-time coordination process in a new review by Judith Holler and Anna K. Kuhlen (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics), published in Nature Reviews Psychology. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
21. Almost a third of Gen Z men agree a wife should obey her husband, global study findsЧт, 05 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | Some 31% of Gen Z men agree that a wife should always obey her husband and one third (33%) say a husband should have the final word on important decisions, according to a new global study of 23,000 people. Gen Z men (born between 1997 and 2012) were twice as likely as Baby Boomer men (born between 1946 and 1964) to have traditional views on decision-making within a marriage, with just 13% and 17% of Baby Boomer men agreeing with those statements respectively. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
22. Researchers decode the welfare effects of pricing algorithmsЧт, 05 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | The National Bureau of Economic Research has published a new working paper by economists Ali Shourideh (Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business), Maryam Farboodi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Nima Haghpanah (Yale University) that provides a framework for regulators and policymakers grappling with the complexities of digital privacy and personalized pricing. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
23. Study shows COVID-19 financial stress slowed digital finance adoption in AfricaЧт, 05 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of financial technology worldwide, including in many African countries, but it also brought financial hardships, leading to negative impacts on digital financial inclusion. In a new study, researchers have assessed financial data from more than half of the countries in Africa. They found that financial worries related to the pandemic reduced individuals' likelihood of adopting digital financial services, and that this effect was not uniform but was moderated by demographic and institutional characteristics. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
24. Value investing's pulse returns, showing predictable swings in value-growth performanceЧт, 05 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | A new financial study from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business examines nearly five decades of market data and finds that the decline of value investing appears more cyclical than permanent. David Ng, professor at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and co-authors argue that value stocks—companies whose shares trade at relatively low prices—go through predictable cycles of outperforming and underperforming growth stocks. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
30. STEM stereotypes begin young, study showsСр, 04 мар[-/+]Категория(?) | Children as young as seven begin to internalize stereotypes about who is more or less likely to pursue occupations related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)—beliefs that may influence career choices as they approach adulthood, according to a new child psychology study. The work is published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. Медиа: image / jpg | ↑ |
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