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Uber drivers report 80-plus hour workweeks and a lot of waiting

  • Written by Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Associate Professor of Media Studies and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Pennsylvania State University

Uber’s upcoming initial public offering may be one of the biggest in history, with the ride-hailing company expected to raise up to US$9 billion.

That’s good news for its early investors and executives, who could reap $1.3 billion from the IPO.

For the potentially hundreds of thousands of drivers who do it as their largest or main...

Read more: Uber drivers report 80-plus hour workweeks and a lot of waiting

Shutting down social media does not reduce violence, but rather fuels it

  • Written by Jan Rydzak, Research Scholar and Associate Director for Program, Global Digital Policy Incubator, Stanford University
It might seem easy to shut off internet services, but it can be dangerous.Olesya Zhuk/Shutterstock.com

In the wake of a series of coordinated attacks that claimed more than 250 lives on April 21, the government of Sri Lanka shut off its residents’ access to social media and online messaging systems, including Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube,...

Read more: Shutting down social media does not reduce violence, but rather fuels it

Is an 'insect apocalypse' happening? How would we know?

  • Written by Brian Lovett, PhD Candidate, University of Maryland
Is this dragonfly thriving, or just hanging on?Chris Luczkow/Flickr, CC BY

Insects scuttle, chew and fly through the world around us. Humans rely on them to pollinate plants, prey on insects that we don’t get along with, and to be movers and shakers for Earth’s ecosystems. It’s hard to imagine a world without insects.

That’s...

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Uber's $9 billion IPO rests on drivers' 80-plus hour workweeks and a lot of waiting

  • Written by Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Associate Professor of Media Studies and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Pennsylvania State University

Uber’s upcoming initial public offering may be one of the biggest in history, with the ride-hailing company expected to raise up to US$9 billion.

That’s good news for its early investors and executives, who could reap $1.3 billion from the IPO.

For the potentially hundreds of thousands of drivers who do it as their largest or main...

Read more: Uber's $9 billion IPO rests on drivers' 80-plus hour workweeks and a lot of waiting

Recalls of medical devices and drugs are up - can anyone predict when it will happen next?

  • Written by George Ball, Assistant Professor of Operations and Decision Technologies, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
Nearly all medical product recalls are voluntarily issued by firms, instead of mandated by the FDA.wavebreakmedia/shutterstock.com

From the valsartan blood pressure drug contamination that exposed thousands of patients to cancer-causing impurities, to a massive pacemaker recall undertaken to fix a hazardous software bug in half-a-million cardiac...

Read more: Recalls of medical devices and drugs are up - can anyone predict when it will happen next?

The value of trees: 4 essential reads

  • Written by Jennifer Weeks, Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation
Just off Washington Square in New York City.Frej Berg/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Trees are leafing out across much of the United States, providing a welcome transition from winter to spring. It’s easy to take this annual process for granted, but scholarship shows that trees provide all kinds of value. And we certainly miss them when they’re gone....

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What the Greek tragedy Antigone can teach us about the dangers of extremism

  • Written by Elizabeth A. Bobrick, Visiting Scholar in Classical Studies, Wesleyan University
A scene from playwright Roy Williams' modern adaptation of Antigone for the Pilot Theatre.Flickr/Robert Day photo, CC BY-SA

In a Greek tragedy written in the middle of the fifth century B.C., three teenagers struggle with a question that could be asked now: What happens when a ruler declares that those who resist his dictates are enemies of the...

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A drug for autism? Potential treatment for Pitt-Hopkins syndrome offers clues

  • Written by Daniel R. Weinberger, Director of the Lieber Institute for Brain Development and Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, Neuroscience and The Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Rylie, age 10, is one of the nearly 1000 children diagnosed with Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome, a rare form of autism. Photo curtesy of Pitt Hopkins Research Foundation. Photo credit: Christa Michelle Photography

In 2019, geeks are cool, and the idea that they might be on the autism spectrum is celebrated. Nowhere is this truer than in Silicon Valley, one...

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Missing school is a given for children of migrant farmworkers

  • Written by Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz, Assistant Professor of Film, Media, & Theatre, Georgia State University
Luis Miguel, son of migrant farmworkers in California, catches up on school work by attending Cyber High.Aggie Ebrahimi Bazaz, CC BY

In the summer of his junior year, Luis Miguel was struggling to stay in high school. He and his family of four – who work various agricultural jobs from picking blueberries and cherries to pruning grapes and...

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Don't buy that Gucci knockoff: Your bargain benefits organized crime while endangering countless others

  • Written by Jay Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University
Those cheap fakes might be tempting, but the hidden costs are high.Settawat Udom/Shutterstock.com

If you’ve ever been to New York’s Chinatown, Los Angeles’ Santee Alley or Hong Kong’s Gage Street, you know what draws the crowds: the chance to snag knockoff Jimmy Chu shoes, a Rolex watch or a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses for a f...

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