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We Need to Chat About the Unhealthy Idea That ‘Going Above and Beyond’ Is the Only Road to Career Success
Working harder doesn’t equate to greater success.
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Why Do Some People Lose Their Accents While Others Don’t?
The way a person speaks is an intrinsic part of their identity. It’s tribal, marking a speaker as being from one social group or another. Accents are a sign of belonging as much as something that separates communities. Yet we can probably all think of examples of people who seem to have “lost” their regional…
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Women Face Substantial Barriers to Bike Riding, but There’s a Way to Fix That
The number of women riding bikes has increased dramatically in cities globally, including a 50% rise in London during the COVID lockdown, and near-equal gender participation in Paris after pop-up bike lanes were put in place. In Australia, however, cycling remains a male dominated and male-designed activity, where men outnumber women by two to one.…
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Your Plants Might Actually Be Screaming at You to Save Them, Research Shows
If you’re like me, you’ve managed to kill even the hardiest of indoor plants (yes, despite a doctorate in plant biology). But imagine a world where your plants actually told you exactly when they needed watering. This thought, as it turns out, may not be so silly after all. You might be familiar with the…