Check mates: analysis of medieval chess sets reveal vision of equality and mutual respect Far from being a metaphor for racial tension, chess reveals world where people could engage as equals

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Trump’s Stupidest Cabinet Member A hard call, but there’s a clear winner

Trump’s Stupidest Cabinet Member
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AI is threatening science jobs. Which ones are most at risk? Data-analysis and modelling positions are already becoming obsolete, but hands-on experimentalists can breathe easy for now.

Which science jobs are most at risk from AI? To find out, Nature spoke to more than four dozen researchers across academia and industry who use AI in their work.
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Mariano Fernández Enguita: “El valor de la investigación del CREA es cero” - El Diario de la Educación El sociólogo Mariano Fernández Enguita analiza la trayectoria del CREA, cuestiona el impacto científico de sus investigaciones y critica su modelo de influencia académica y organizativa.

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Did Trump Keep ANY of His Campaign Promises? The Trump regime started the week by telling lies about Alex Pretti's murder.Now, Trump has pivoted back to telling lies

Trump promised he would lower your cost of living and usher in a new “Golden Age.”

Instead, he’s terrorizing communities with his immigration goons and trampling on the Constitution — while groceries are still just as expensive.

What other campaign promises has he ignored?

Time to read again manufacturing the consent

CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%. 

Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

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Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised How anti-immigration politics across the EU clashes with demographic reality

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Forthcoming in JOLE: "The Impact of the Level and Timing of Parental Resources on Child Development and Intergenerational Mobility" by Sadegh Eshaghnia, James J. Heckman, and Rasmus Landersø www.journals.uchicag... @ChicagoJournals #EconSky

Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.

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El núcleo de la Tierra no solo ha reducido su velocidad: también está cambiando de forma Un nuevo trabajo muestra que el interior del planeta podría haber experimentado cambios en su forma en las últimas dos décadas y su superficie es menos sólida de lo que se creía, lo que nos ayuda a co...

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Más de 12 millones de personas aguardan en vilo tras anularse la subida de las pensiones y ayudas para vulnerables El decreto ómnibus que han tumbado PP, Junts y Vox contenía muchas medidas sociales, de vital importancia para los hogares en riesgo de pobreza, para los que las ONG piden "altura de miras" a los part...

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Opinion | Harvard Has Already Capitulated to Trump’s War on Academia The administration is trying to assert political control over American higher education.

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Defining Class Interests and Class Positions Erik Olin Wright examines the complex tension between class interest and achieving class objectives in this excerpt from Class, Crisis, and the State.

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