AI is automating our jobs – but values need to change if we are to be liberated by it
AI will increase productivity but also poses a threat to job security and stability. We need a shift in mindset and values to ...
Voici les risques de voyager aux États-Unis… et vos droits
Les Canadiens devraient-ils s’inquiéter de voyager aux États-Unis, compte tenu du climat politique actuel ? Deux experts ...
Why ChatGPT is a uniquely terrible tool for government ministers
Underpinned by our research on AI and public policy, we find that ChatGPT is uniquely flawed as a device for government ...
The women who shaped Sigmund Freud and a hero who can’t feel pain – what to watch, read and do this week
This week we recommend a new exhibition in the home of Sigmund Freud, an action comedy about a man who feels no pain and the ...
US and Russia squabble over Arctic security as melting ice opens up shipping routes
Equally worrying, Russia has increased its naval cooperation with China and given Beijing access, and a stake, in the Arctic.
What politicians could actually do about the issues raised in Adolescence
Netflix hit Adolescence has ignited conversations across the UK about contemporary masculinity, online radicalisation and ...
Peers elevated to the House of Lords after a career in the House of Commons are often merely being rewarded for loyalty – new study
Peers who used to be MPs are more likely to be male, white and older – and their loyalty to their party is often a significant factor in their appointment.
Being alone has its benefits − a psychologist flips the script on the ‘loneliness epidemic’
Americans are spending more of their time alone. Contrary to national fears of a loneliness crisis, many of them find ...
Abolition wasn’t fueled by just moral or economic concerns – the booming whaling industry also helped sink slavery
New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in ...
Insects are everywhere in farming and research − but insect welfare is just catching up
There’s no single, simple way to assess whether bugs feel pain, but research is giving scientists a better understanding of ...
Hard work feels worth it, but only after it’s done – new research on how people value effort
Researchers probed what psychologists call the ‘paradox of effort’ to learn how different people value work they could do in ...