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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 19-Nov-2025 10:11 ET (19-Nov-2025 15:11 GMT/UTC)

Australia’s middle-aged are the engine room of the nation but many risk burnout: Report

Curtin University
Reports and Proceedings

Middle-aged Australians are keeping the country running - but it’s taking a hefty toll on their wellbeing, a new report shows.

Why top firms paradoxically fire good workers

University of Rochester
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Why do the world’s most prestigious firms—such as McKinsey, Goldman Sachs and other elite consulting giants, investment banks, and law practices—hire the brightest talents, train them intensively, and then, after a few years, send many of them packing? A recent study in the American Economic Review concludes that so-called adverse selection is not a flaw but rather a sign that the system is working precisely as intended.

Journal: American Economic Review

People in isolated cities in Africa suffer more violence against civilians

Complexity Science Hub
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cities are often seen as hotspots of violence, with the assumption that larger cities are inherently more violent than smaller ones. This “universal law” of urban scaling has long shaped scientific thinking. But new research led by Complexity Science Hub (CSH) researcher Rafael Prieto-Curiel challenges this assumption. Published in Nature Communications, the study shows that it is not simply city size, but a city’s level of isolation, that plays a crucial role in determining violence in Africa.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology, Austrian Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure

How does adoption of artificial intelligence affect employees’ job satisfaction?

Wiley
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In research based on 2009–2020 data from 509 publicly listed US firms and published in the Journal of Management Studies, lower and higher levels of adoption of artificial intelligence were associated with reduced job satisfaction, whereas moderate levels were linked to greater job satisfaction.

Journal: Journal of Management Studies

Can social media help clarify the threat domestic cats pose to insect and spider populations?

Wiley
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In research published in Insect Conservation and Diversity, investigators analyzed records from social media to explore which arthropods—including insects and spiders—are most preyed upon by domestic cats in urban environments.

Journal: Insect Conservation and Diversity

Filipinos eating more but growing less

Ateneo de Manila University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Philippines remains mired in import dependence despite years of government support.

Journal: PLOS One

From stadiums to cyberspace: How the metaverse will redefine sports fandom

Edith Cowan University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Beyond gaming and shopping, the metaverse is poised to reshape the fan experience, giving sports enthusiasts new and immersive ways to connect with their favourite athletes and teams.

Journal: Sport in Society

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