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Changing defaults can have a significant and lasting effect

Mar 13, 2021

In fact, economists and sociologists call this the default effect. Lasting effectThe research team led by Andreas Diekmann, Professor Emeritus at ETH Zurich, and Ulf Liebe, Professor at the University...

Microsoft Responds to China Cyber Attack by Expanding Business in China

Mar 11, 2021

Microsoft responded to a Chinese government hack that compromised more than 60,000 of its customers by expanding operations in the repressive regime. The tech company has nevertheless barreled forward in...

Suit: Company built 'most dangerous' facial recognition AI database in nation

Mar 11, 2021

The lawsuit says the company has built "the most dangerous" facial recognition database in the nation, has fielded requests from more than 2,000 law enforcement agencies and private companies, and...

Investors who try to time the market take on more risk and make less money: study

Mar 11, 2021

But a new UBC Sauder study, titled The Volatility of Stock Investor Returns, reveals yet another layer of risk: active trading also increases the volatility of a portfolio. In other...

How to reduce the environmental impact of your next virtual meeting

Mar 11, 2021

Before you scramble to clean your room or attempt to make your pajamas look a bit less like pajamas, here is a good excuse to keep your video off during...

The basic rules of research apply regardless of who is paying

Mar 11, 2021

The universities’ research environments have grown larger and stronger, while society has benefited from, for example, completely unique technology development. Since the end of the 00s, Denmark has met the...

Piers Morgan’s Meghan Markle Comments Being Investigated by U.K. Media Regulator Ofcom

Mar 11, 2021

U.K. media regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation after more than 41,000 people wrote in to complain about ITV’s “Good Morning Britain” host Piers Morgan’s comments on Meghan Markle. Markle...

Are we on track for a green recovery? Not Yet. Hundreds attend Oxford-UN eco event.

Mar 11, 2021

And he maintained there is a role for advanced economies to 'step up', in terms of assisting developing world nations find finance for green recovery spending. Although only 18% of...

Diphtheria risks becoming ‘major global threat’ again as it evolves resistance to antimicrobials

Mar 11, 2021

The number of diphtheria cases reported globally has being increasing gradually. In most cases, the bacteria cause acute infections, driven by the diphtheria toxin – the key target of the...

Study reveals how egg cells get so big

Mar 11, 2021

Egg cells are by far the largest cells produced by most organisms. There’s a reason why egg cells, or oocytes, are so big: They need to accumulate enough nutrients to...