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The logo for McDonald's is seen on a restaurant in Arlington, Virginia, January 27, 2022.Joshua Roberts | ReutersMcDonald's is making changes to how it awards franchises in the hopes of attracting more diverse candidates, the latest shakeup in how the burger chain's management oversees its franchisees. Starting in 2023, the fast-food giant will evaluate every potential new operator equally. In the past, the spouses and children of current franchisees have been given preferential treatment."We've been doing a lot of…

From black swan memos and heart-to-hearts to not-so-subtle emails asking for on-the-record confirmations that your startup does, indeed, have revenue, investors have a lot to say about the downturn. Yet, it’s a quieter and more realistic truth that has landed my attention as of late: For diverse founders, the downturn is nothing new. Some investors, largely those who focus on backing historically overlooked founders, say that the crackdown on tech companies isn’t impacting diverse founders as harshly as their overly…

Visual cues and the diversity of the listener's social network can impact their ability to understand and transcribe sentences after listening to the spoken word. Credit: Ethan Kutlu, University of Iowa Everyone has an accent. But the intelligibility of speech doesn't just depend on that accent; it also depends on the listener. Visual cues and the diversity of the listener's social network can impact their ability to…

A diagram of the different interpretations for Monthly and Daily Precipitation sampling. The monthly precipitation data are based on classic isotopic effects, such as location, e.g., a tropical or continental climate. However, measuring isotopic composition every day reflects the fingerprints of moisture transport and convective activity. Credit: Didier Gastmans An isotope of a chemical element contains the same number of…