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A new study reveals that plague was lethal thousands of years ago, during the Neolithic.
Cientistas investigaram pela primeira vez a distribuição e a história evolutiva da masturbação em aves e descobriram que se trata de uma característica antiga, menos comum em cativeiro do que na natureza e pode ajudar a aumentar o sucesso reprodutivo.
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In tests, AI robot systems easily rejected directly malicious commands. But their safety filters collapsed when creative writing was used to instruct them.
Technology could help find illegal waste sites faster and increase the chances of tracking down criminals.
L’équipe de Curaçao (ici, en novembre 2025 avant un match contre la Jamaïque), qui disputera la Coupe du monde 2026 de football, compte 96 % des joueurs nés à l’étranger.
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La Coupe du monde 2026 comptera un nombre record de joueurs nés à l’étranger. Loin d’être une anomalie, cette réalité reflète l’histoire des migrations mondiales et pourrait même constituer un avantage compétitif pour certaines sélections.
Organizations pushing for gender equity often point to parental leave as part of the solution. But these policies can simultaneously advance men’s careers and leave women’s unchanged.
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Anja Krstic, York University, Canada and Ivona Hideg, University of Oxford; York University, Canada
New research using Canadian workplace data finds that men who take six months or more of parental leave are seen as warmer and more leadership-ready by colleagues.
Marrocos foi a seleção que contou com mais jogadores nascidos no exterior do que qualquer outra na Copa do Mundo da Fifa de 2022 e acabou sendo a primeira equipe africana a chegar nas semifinais do torneio.
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Há indícios de que as seleções nacionais com mais jogadores migrantes apresentam melhor desempenho em campo
A nurse holds a vial of the Ebola Sudan vaccine during a trial at the Mulago Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda in February 2025.
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Longues journées de travail, accélération des communications, fatigue mentale : les angoisses associées au burn out existaient déjà au XIXᵉ siècle. Les réponses apportées à l’époque pourraient encore nourrir nos réflexions sur le bien-être aujourd’hui.
The Beach at Trouville by Claude Monet (1870).
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Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism, Humboldt University Berlin, and Director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS); University of Oxford