https://phys.org/science-news/ en-us The latest science news on archaeology, fossils, mathematics, and science technology from Phys.org New research focuses on the changes that employers can make help refugees and asylum seekers find work and be successful within the workplace. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-employers-refugees-workplace.html Economics & Business Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:46:53 EDT news638117206 It's well-known that servants with two masters are often conflicted. But they can also be uniquely knowledgeable, especially when one master wants to know what the other is up to, or the interests of the two coincide. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-loyalties.html Economics & Business Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:43:51 EDT news638117028 More than 4 million Ukrainians were forced to flee following the invasion of their homeland by Russian forces in February 2022, with the vast majority heading to neighboring countries and other European nations. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-ukrainians-displaced-war-home-safe.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:58:02 EDT news638114281 One of the cornerstones of liberal democracies is the political debate on how to shape society. However, discussions about politics often lead to frustration or result in a long-term strain on social relationships. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-people-enjoy-politics-social-political.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:23:02 EDT news638112181 What effect do economic sanctions have on the countries affected, such as Russia or Iran? What impact do they have on the sanctioning states? And is there possibly an ideal coalition of sanction partners? Economists from Würzburg, Kiel, Berlin and Bielefeld have analyzed these questions. They have now published their findings in Economic Policy. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-economists-reveal-sanctions.html Economics & Business Political science Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:19:04 EDT news638111942 Researchers led by Sophie Bavard at the University of Hamburg, Germany, found that people can infer hidden social preferences by observing how fast others make social decisions. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-behavioral-social-inferred-decision.html Social Sciences Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:00:02 EDT news638094733 Family conditions—specifically, how similar one's social status and background is to one's parents' status—may play a bigger role in determining how easily an individual can shift into a wealthier socioeconomic class than gender inequality, according to a study of 153 countries published June 20, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Khanh Duong from Maynooth University, Ireland. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-family-conditions-impact-upward-social.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:00:02 EDT news638093462 Victoria has just announced all government schools will be required to use phonics to teach reading from next year. This brings it in line with approaches in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-phonics.html Education Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:00:01 EDT news638099544 Housing security for New Zealand's 1.7 million renters could be threatened if the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill becomes law. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-evictions-potential-renters-gain-good.html Economics & Business Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:50:01 EDT news638104780 In democracies where civilian control is followed, the power to make crucial decisions, like those of national security, is mainly exercised by elected officials, allowing the citizens who elect them to influence such decisions indirectly. This role can give people a sense of participation in matters of national importance, potentially associated with their political trust. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-exploring-relationship-civilians-military-japan.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:41:04 EDT news638106061 The widespread underpayment of migrant workers in Australia is now well-documented. The vast majority never recover the wages they are owed. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-recovering-lost-wages-impossible-australia.html Economics & Business Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:30:01 EDT news638104767 New research published in the International Review of Financial Analysis suggests that claims cryptocurrencies are immune to economic risks should be taken with caution. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-cryptocurrencies-safe-haven-properties.html Economics & Business Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:23:02 EDT news638104981 Language processing is a highly intricate human function, and it has been extensively studied in the fields of psychology and education. Eye movement measurement, particularly for written language, has proven to be a beneficial method for language processing. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-extensive-eye-tracking-dataset-derived.html Education Thu, 20 Jun 2024 12:16:26 EDT news638104585 Lynn Conway may hold the record for longest delay between being unfairly fired and receiving an apology for it. In 1968, IBM—a company that now covers its logo in a rainbow flag each June for Pride Month—fired Conway when she expressed her intention to transition. She died on June 9, 2024 at age 86. IBM eventually apologized to the now-famous computing expert, but only 52 years later, when Conway was 82 years old. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-lynn-conway-trans-woman-tech.html Social Sciences Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:58:04 EDT news638103482 In the ever-evolving online gaming landscape, one seemingly simple online game has captivated players. The free-to-play clicker Banana has amassed more than 850,000 concurrent players on the gaming platform Steam. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-behavioral-economics-theory-popular-banana.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:57:04 EDT news638103421 Bob Moses, who helped register Black residents to vote in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement, believed civil rights went beyond the ballot box. To Moses, who was a teacher as well as an activist, math literacy is a civil right: a requirement to earning a living wage in modern society. In 1982, he founded the Algebra Project to ensure that "students at the bottom get the math literacy they need." https://phys.org/news/2024-06-access-algebra-civil-rights.html Mathematics Education Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:40:01 EDT news638099508 Once upon a time, newly minted graduates dreamt of creating online social media that would bring people closer together. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-social-media-fueling-political-polarization.html Social Sciences Political science Thu, 20 Jun 2024 11:10:02 EDT news638099446 A team of geneticists and archaeologists affiliated with multiple institutions in France has uncovered skeletons in an ancient gravesite not far from Paris that show evidence of steppe migrant integration with Late Neolithic Europeans. The study is published in the journal Science Advances. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-gravesite-france-evidence-steppe-migrant.html Archaeology Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:31:18 EDT news638094668 A company drilling for natural gas off the coast of northern Israel discovered a 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Thursday. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-ship-israel-coast-skills-ancient.html Archaeology Thu, 20 Jun 2024 08:05:18 EDT news638089513 A controversial bill that would have allowed developers to build on archaeological sites in some environmentally sensitive coastal areas was overhauled on June 19. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-threatening-coastal-native-american-sites.html Archaeology Thu, 20 Jun 2024 07:30:01 EDT news638086663 European tourism is getting a makeover to strengthen remote communities with the help of EU-funded researchers. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-europe-tourist-hordes-beaten-track.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:32:54 EDT news638022770 The purpose of education is to ensure that students acquire the skills necessary for succeeding in a world that is constantly changing. Self-assessment, or teaching students how to examine and evaluate their own learning and cognitive processes, has proven to be an effective method, and this competence is partly based on metacognitive knowledge. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-students-awareness-cognitive-math.html Mathematics Education Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:09:03 EDT news638021342 A new study finds that viewers' income and likelihood of buying a product are not the factors that determine how much it costs to reach them— it's how active they are on the platforms where the ads run. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-advertisers-pay-viewers.html Economics & Business Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:39:29 EDT news638019564 The Acropolis of Athens, the rocky hill in the Greek capital that is home to the iconic Parthenon temple, is one of the world's most visited and well-known archaeological sites—but new insights about it are still emerging. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-shepherd-graffiti-acropolis-lost-temple.html Archaeology Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:29:39 EDT news638018977 The inclusion of trans women athletes—women who were assigned male at birth—is one of the most controversial issues in world sports. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-sports-tightening-transgender-policies-inclusion.html Social Sciences Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:08:04 EDT news638017681 The spike in reports of women murdered by men this year has prompted widespread conversations across Australia about how we end gender-based violence. Much of this discussion has been about the importance of creating a more gender-equal society. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-gender-equality-violence-women-puzzle.html Social Sciences Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:05:04 EDT news638017501 The ancestors of Alaska Native people began using local copper sources to craft intricate tools roughly 1,000 years ago. Over one-third of all copper objects archaeologists have found in this region were excavated at a single spot, named the Gulkana Site. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-digital-archaeology-excavating-decades-today.html Archaeology Wed, 19 Jun 2024 11:51:03 EDT news638016661 It's no secret Aussies love to surf. It's one of our favorite pastimes, but it turns out riding the perfect wave offers more than just the ultimate thrill—it also provides a major boost to the economy, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU). https://phys.org/news/2024-06-surfing-billion-australian-economy-year.html Economics & Business Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:50:02 EDT news638012486 Corporate earnings announcements are more than just powerful signals to those in the know. After all, it might be expected that sophisticated investors and employees of public companies closely watch news that directly affects their personal wealth. But surprising news about corporate earnings also affects the communities that surround a company, three Stanford Graduate School of Business accounting professors find in a new paper. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-companies-locals-pocketbooks.html Economics & Business Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:40:30 EDT news638012425 As more organizations attempt to increase the representation of women in traditionally male-dominated occupations (such as engineering, technology or banking), new research from George Washington University professor Jennifer Merluzzi indicates that simply hiring more women into these fields may not make diversity efforts more effective. https://phys.org/news/2024-06-biases-undermine-diversity-efforts-policing.html Social Sciences Political science Wed, 19 Jun 2024 10:39:21 EDT news638012353