How Quebec Got 80 per Cent of Fathers to Take Paternity Leave
Today, 80 per cent of Quebec fathers get a paternity leave when a child arrives so they can help care for their little one for several weeks.
Rory Stewart: Spies Have a Long History of Becoming Politicians
One of the surprises of the contest to become leader of the Conservative Party – and with it prime minister – has been the candidacy of Rory Stewart.
Most of US Drug Arrests Involve a Gram or Less
Roughly two out of every three arrests by state and local law enforcement target small-time offenders who are carrying less than a gram of illegal drugs.
Statistics Ruined Baseball by Perfecting It
Since sportswriter Henry Chadwick popularized the box score in the 19th century, baseball fans have had a love affair with statistics.
Soviet-Era Treatment Could Be the New Weapon Against Antibiotic Resistance
Every year an increasing number of health tourists are travelling to Eastern bloc countries to receive an old Soviet medical treatment.
AI Develops Human-Like Number Sense – Taking Us a Step Closer To Building Machines With General Intelligence
In a new study, a deep neural network was trained for simple visual object detection spontaneously developed this kind of number sense.
Chelsea Is Using Our Artificial Intelligence Research for Smarter Football Coaching
Researchers are working with Chelsea football academy to develop a system to measure decision-making skills using artificial intelligence (AI).
John Lennon Doppelganger Meets Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman, the computer software guru and leader of the free software movement had a photo with a doppelganger of John Lennon.
Lee Harvey Oswald’s Radio Interviews of August 1963 on the WDSU Radio
Oswald had two interview on the New Orleans radio station WDSU. The first program took place on August 17, 1963. The second on August 21, 1963.
Testing of Backlogged Rape Evidence Leads To Hundreds of Convictions
Hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits, also known as sexual assault kits (SAKs), languish in evidence storage facilities across the U.S.
Hackers Seek Ransoms From Baltimore and Communities Across the US
The people of Baltimore are under an electronic siege that has prevented residents from obtaining building permits and business licenses.
The War on Women Coaches
In 1972, more than 90% of female collegiate athletes were coached by women. Today that number hovers around 42% at the NCAA Division I level.
We Made a Moving Tectonic Map of the Game of Thrones Landscape
The striking landscape of Game of Thrones has led some researchers to build climate simulations that explain the erratic seasons depicted in the show.
D-DAY June 6 1944 Succeeded Thanks to an Ingenious Design Called the Mulberry Harbors
When allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy on D-Day June 6, 1944, they were using a remarkable and entirely untested technology: artificial ports.
The Next Cyberattack Could Come From Sound Waves
Researchers from the University of Michigan have found a new way of using sound to interfere with devices containing accelerometers.
When Allen Ginsberg Met the Head of the CIA and Offered Him a Wager
Allen Ginsberg, counterculture icon, and CIA director R.Helms met in 1971 in a drawing room of the Corcoran Gallery, in a fittingly bizarre encounter.
Getting Poorer While Working Harder: The Cliff Effect
There is no place in the country where a family supported by one minimum-wage worker with a full-time job can live and afford a 2-bedroom apartment at the average fair-market rent.
U.S. Laws Protect Police, While Endangering Civilians
U.S. Laws Protect Police While Endangering Civilians. The ritual of an unnecessary police killing with no real accountability has become painfully familiar.
A FEW DAYS WITH LENIN AND TROTSKY IN 1920
A Few Days With Lenin And Trotsky In 1920 By the American cartoonist Ellison Hoover.
How UK Population Will Look Like by 2061 Under Hard, Soft or No Brexit Scenarios
With the British parliament still deadlocked, the UK’s future Brexit strategy is not yet set in stone. Whatever path the UK chooses from here will have an impact on the future of British immigration policy
New Zealand To Prioritize Well Being Over GDP in New ‘Well Being’ Budget
The Wellbeing Budget signals a new approach to the way governments work, by placing the wellbeing of New Zealanders at the heart of what we do.
Indiana Becomes 34th State To Pay Exonerees for Wrongful Incarceration
Indiana governor signed legislation to provide state compensation for innocent Hoosiers who were exonerated of crimes they did not commit.
UNOOSA and ESA Join Forces To Address the Space Debris Challenge
UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a joint statement on their wish to cooperate on the challenge of space debris.
GENETICS EXTENDS THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW
Genealogists help solve crimes, sometimes identifying suspects with the DNA of distant relatives they’ve never met. Concerns about privacy issues persist.
Building privacy right into software code
The best way to avoid privacy problems is to take the task of privacy protection away from humans and entrust it to the computers themselves.