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Sponsorship is key to career progression but less than one in four relationships work

A research report launched today reveals that sponsorship is a critical part of progression into senior leadership roles because it teaches individuals how advancement actually works in practice. But only a small proportion of sponsorship […]

Black women academics in my study said their main allies were white men: What this reveals

Universities have a role in challenging the status quo on issues such as gender, race, nationality and sexuality. But all too often, they replicate societal inequalities.This post was originally published on this site

Galaxy mergers aren’t always obvious

The galaxy Centaurus A is about 11 million light-years away and is the fifth-brightest galaxy in the sky. Because it’s so bright, it’s been studied extensively by amateur and professional astronomers alike. Also called NGC […]

Weak connection: Why influencers sometimes fail to influence

Conventional wisdom holds that targeting the best-connected individuals in a social network is an effective way to nudge a wider group of people to change their behavior. For example, public health officials launching a campaign […]

Young women are identifying as less straight; young men, not so much

Young women are moving away from exclusive heterosexuality faster than young men.This post was originally published on this site

Teenagers understand social media algorithms but want more control, study finds

Teenagers want a greater voice in the design and governance of platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, according to new research led by University College Dublin. Rather than passive victims of social media algorithms, […]

Holographic printer produces 3D shapes in one shot

University of Utah researchers have demonstrated a new method of 3D printing that avoids the leaky seams that come with the layer-by-layer process. Using a nanoscale “mask” that diffracts laser light into a holographic pattern […]

When shareholder activists attack a company, its rivals may feel the heat too and change their ways

Shareholder activists are investors who leverage their ownership in a company to push for change.This post was originally published on this site

Study links cognitive difficulties to compulsive gaming rather than gaming time itself

The amount of time young people spend playing video games is not enough to judge whether gaming is linked to cognitive difficulties. A new study of several thousand adolescents shows that gaming time and symptoms […]

If you flirt with an AI companion, does that count as cheating?

AI romantic companions—digital agents that can text, speak, flirt and are always available—are a rapidly growing social phenomenon.This post was originally published on this site