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It’s been a year since many of us who can work from home stopped going into the office. I went back to ours to collect something last year – but there was nobody else there so I just got back on my bike and came home again.
This huge forced experiment in remote working has taken its toll on some. In the latest episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, four experts on remote and flexible work dissect the impact a year of working from home has had on employees and the companies they work for. And they look ahead to what a more hybrid future might hold.
“It’s going to be quite polarising,” warns UCL’s Dave Cook. People won’t all want to spend the same amount of time at home or in the office, and finding the right balance for each company may be hard. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.
Meanwhile, for the 1.5 million women in the UK who suffer from endometriosis, it can be hard to get a proper diagnosis or effective treatment. Here are three reasons why care for those with the condition has not improved. And we unpick the reasons behind recent steep falls for the Turkish lira.
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Gemma Ware
Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast
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Ready to go back to the office?
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Gemma Ware, The Conversation; Daniel Merino, The Conversation
Plus why your genes determine how you deal with cold temperatures. Listen to episode 8 of The Conversation Weekly.
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Women wait an average of eight years for diagnosis.
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Annalise Weckesser, Birmingham City University
Taking sufferers’ accounts seriously is the linchpin to improvement.
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‘Get 'em while they’re cheap.’
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Emre Tarim, Lancaster University
President Recep Erdogan and independent central banks are not compatible.
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Health + Medicine
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Rob Reddick, The Conversation
Exports of the vaccine continue to be a point of contention between the EU and UK, while newly released US trial results are quickly amended.
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Carolyn Chew-Graham, Keele University; Amali Lokugamage, UCL; Frances Simpson, Coventry University
Emerging evidence suggests a significant number of children develop long COVID, with symptoms lasting for months on end.
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Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford; Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford; Jonathan Pugh, University of Oxford; Margie Danchin, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Pausing COVID-19 vaccine rollouts can backfire. There are better ways to manage safety issues while they're being investigated.
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Dara Mojtahedi, University of Huddersfield
Our new research has found that for some people, having certain personality traits seems to have offered some level of protection during these difficult times.
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Nicole Racine, University of Calgary; Erin Hetherington, McGill University; Sheri Madigan, University of Calgary; Suzanne Tough, University of Calgary
Mothers' well-being is crucial for children to flourish, but maternal mental health has suffered during COVID-19. Successful pandemic recovery for mothers and families depends on four factors.
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Teresa Hollerbach, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
The beginnings of measuring fever go back more than 400 years.
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Arts + Culture
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Laura Misener, Western University; Erin Pearson, Western University
Still in the midst of a global pandemic, the International Olympic Committee's dream of hosting the Tokyo Games in a "post-corona world" is not possible. But should the Games go ahead at all?
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Environment + Energy
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Erin Siracusa, University of Exeter
Red squirrels are solitary by nature, but research has found that they benefit from familiarity with other squirrels.
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Politics + Society
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Helen O'Nions, Nottingham Trent University
The human rights act dictates that the UK is obliged to protect asylum seekers. So why is the home secretary ignoring it?
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East Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB11PT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — Anglia Ruskin University
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East Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB11PT, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland — Anglia Ruskin University
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