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Credit: Harvard Gazette Pervasive myths that paint an overall picture of women having a lesser commitment to their jobs are hampering their career advancement, according to a new report on women in the workplace by McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.org, a nonprofit founded and chaired by Sheryl Sandberg, the former chief operating officer of Meta, Facebook's parent company. …

Overcoming the Hurdles to Unlock the Full Potential of Machine Learning in BusinessPhoto by Lukas Tennie on UnsplashAccording to CB Insight’s state of artificial intelligence report, AI-based startups have secured funding of $15.1 billion in the first quarter of 2022. Even though this number might seem promising to many, the amount of funding has dropped to pre-pandemic levels. Despite pouring billions of dollars into artificial intelligence, many businesses are still struggling with machine learning adoption. There are…

Orcas off B.C.'s coast have been critically endangered for many years, and scientists have found that a lack of genetic variability may be why. A new study out of Washington state, published March 23 on the journal Nature, has found that inbreeding depression — the reduced survival and fertility of offspring that are a product of inbreeding — is preventing the southern resident killer whale population from growing.There are 73 southern resident killer whales in the waters off B.C., Washington state and Oregon, and they're…

HONG KONG—The export engine that propelled China’s recovery through much of the pandemic sputtered to start the year, complicating Beijing’s efforts to juice an economy that is still reeling from three years of stringent “zero-Covid” restrictions.Exports from the world’s second largest economy fell 6.8% during the first two months of 2023 from a year earlier, extending a string of year-over-year declines stretching back to October, data from China’s customs bureau showed Tuesday. That trend is likely to continue as…

As American cannabis has grown from cottage industry to $25 billion-a-year commercial enterprise that employs 428,059 folks nationwide, the product that weed has become now often bears little resemblance from the product that used to be sold raw. Flower, once delivered in sandwich bags, now arrives wrapped in child-safety-locked, plastic-lined mylar pouches; every gram of hash seemingly needs its own glass jar, plastic lid, and cardboard box; and half-gram vape pens must often be dug from three times their own weight in…

Zecharias Zelalem / Context: The UN Food Programme and the WHO say a nearly two-year internet and phone shutdown in Ethiopia's Tigray region is hampering aid delivery and health monitoring — What's the context? — As fighting rages on in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region, one of the world's longest telecommunications shutdowns … Zecharias Zelalem / Context: The UN Food Programme and the WHO say a nearly two-year internet and phone shutdown in Ethiopia's Tigray region is…

Negative law enforcement experiences reported by SSP participants. Credit: Harm Reduction Journal (2022). DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00690-w In 2016, North Carolina enacted legislation providing legal protections to people who make use of programs designed to reduce harms associated with illegal drug use. However, a new study finds these legal protections are not recognized uniformly by law enforcement, raising questions about…