All Group Work articles
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LessonWho is ‘working class’ and why does it matter in the arts?
Read about why working-class representation in the arts is important.
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LessonWhat can we learn from the clothes we buy but never wear?
Read about insights into why we buy certain clothes but don’t wear them and what to do about it.
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LessonAre noise-cancelling headphones impairing our hearing skills? Some audiologists are beginning to worry
Explore the possible effects of overusing noise-cancelling headphones and whether they can cause hearing problems.
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Fewer people = lower living standards
What is the impact of declining birth rates on the world’s most prosperous economies?
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LessonIn the most untouched, pristine parts of the Amazon, birds are dying. Scientists may finally know why
Read about how experts have spent two decades trying to understand the bird population decline in the Amazon.
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Lesson‘Dear, did you say pastry?’: meet the ‘AI granny’ driving scammers up the wall
Read about how an AI bot impersonating a grandma has successfully stopped scammers.
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LessonThe big idea: can what you eat change your mind?
Explore the relationship between gut health and general and mental well-being.
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Legal aid for businesses using AI
Read about how law firms are adding departments that help companies with issues caused by their use of AI.
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LessonThey say a name like mine can hold you back in life, but I will never change it
What is the impact of having an unusual name on person’s employment prospects?
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LessonOne Hundred Years of Solitude review – Gabriel García Márquez’s classic makes for startling TV beauty
Revisit Gabriel García Márquez’s classic magical realism novel which has been adapted into a TV series.
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Lesson‘You have to find your own recipe’: Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property
Read about the suburb of Oosterwold, a creative urban agriculture project in the Netherlands.
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Humans vs. self-driving cars?
Read about some problems associated with automated vehicles and an author’s opinion of self-driving cars at the current level of technology.
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LessonMilan’s Via Monte Napoleone becomes world’s most expensive shopping street
Explore why Via Monte Napoleone has grown to become the most expensive shopping street in the world.
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LessonAustralia is connected to the world by cables no thicker than a garden hose – and at risk from sharks, accidents and sabotage
Explore how much the internet in Australia relies on underwater cables and how vulnerable they are.
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LessonSome people with ADHD succeed in periods of stress, new study shows
Read about how people with ADHD perform best under stress.
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LessonThe bitter future of chocolate? How drought and a youth exodus threaten Mexico’s prized cocoa
Read about the problems facing the cocoa industry in Mexico.
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Gimme some green
Why is there a need to reshape markets, and not just companies, in the effort to go greener?
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LessonA new start after 60: one bite of chocolate led me to reinvent myself at 62
Is it possible to start a business at age 62 and become successful?
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LessonExercise in a pill: have scientists really found a drug that’s as good for you as a 10km run?
Read about a new drug that mimics the effects of exercise and explore its advantages and limitations.
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LessonBusiness News Lessons: Learning to say no at work
Read about the experiences of four academics who collectively say no to a hundred professional requests.