Taxing Africa’s informal economies: Technology’s promise and pitfalls
Changes in the development finance world—especially the sharp drop in foreign aid and fewer cheap loans for low-income countries—have pushed taxation back into the spotlight.
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Making every identity count: Free tool developed for better handling of identity data in research surveys
Growing up multiracial in the 1990s, Gabriel “Joey” Merrin regularly encountered demographic forms that forced an impossible choice: Pick one box. Deny the others. “That act of being forced to choose, to erase parts of myself from an official document,…
From principles to practice: What students want from diversity education
Every educator who teaches diversity might find this familiar. You mention “diversity, equity and inclusion” and the class responds in many different ways—some students are curious, others reflective, some unsure of what to expect next.
Impulse and inhibition: The complex ways bilingual brains balance reason with emotion
If you’re bilingual, moral choices can often feel more urgent and emotionally charged in one language yet distant and rational in another. This raises an intriguing question: does language merely shape how we express our thoughts, or can it also…
The most prevalent disability in classrooms may be fetal alcohol spectrum disorder—and supporting students is vital
As I walk into the classroom as a newly graduated teacher, I see children—each with unique abilities, interests and an eagerness to learn. This Ontario classroom was designed to be inclusive—a space where all students, regardless of their needs, can…
AI isn’t likely to wipe out all farming jobs—but it is changing who bears the risks
The global economy is bracing for major job disruption as artificial intelligence (AI) advances and spreads across industries. Experts have been warning about this shift for years, and fiercely debating whether the benefits of an AI revolution will outweigh the…
Rules of unknown board game from the Roman period revealed
Researchers have used AI to reconstruct the rules of a board game carved into a stone found in the Dutch city of Heerlen. The team concludes that this type of game was played several centuries earlier than previously assumed.
Female scientists wait longer to have papers published in life and biomedical sciences
If you are a woman working in biomedical and life sciences, you may have longer to wait for your academic paper to appear in print than a comparable paper authored by a man. According to research published in the journal…
AI-generated arguments are persuasive—even when labeled
Labeling content as AI-generated does not make it less persuasive than human-authored or unlabeled content, according to a study. Isabel O. Gallegos and colleagues conducted a survey experiment with 1,601 Americans to test whether authorship labels affect the persuasiveness of…
‘Predator: Badlands’ decloaks on Hulu & Disney+ this week: Here’s how to watch
Thia and Dek arrive on Hulu/Disney+ just in time for a romantic Valentine’s Day weekend.