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Should universities use differential treatment to admit students?

Futurum

The idea that exam results should be assessed differently based on a student’s socio-economic background is known as differential treatment, and Emil is investigating whether such policies can improve equality and efficiency in education and labour markets. As you can imagine, there are many arguments both for and against these ideas.

Economics 111
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Social science for social change: the story of marriage equality in the US

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Social science for social change: the story of marriage equality in the US Published: For centuries, gay people have suffered discrimination, prejudice and persecution. Not only has Michael investigated why it occurred, he also played an important role in achieving marriage equality in the US.

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Can AI Solve Science?

Stephen Wolfram

So what about science? But that certainly doesn’t mean AI can’t importantly help the progress of science. But what I want to do here is to discuss what amount to deeper questions about AI in science. Three centuries ago science was transformed by the idea of representing the world using mathematics.

Science 122
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Prosecuting rap: can we get racial discrimination out of the courtroom?

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DEFENCE – (in court) the argument that the accused person should not be found guilty. Many young people face discrimination and a lack of opportunities, a situation that is all too common in one of Europe’s least equal societies. DEFENCE – (in court) the argument that the accused person should not be found guilty.

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How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

Meanwhile, at the beginning of the 1800s Joseph Fourier (1768–1830) (science advisor to Napoleon) developed what became his 1822 Analytical Theory of Heat , and in it he begins by noting that : Heat, like gravity, penetrates every substance of the universe, its rays occupy all parts of space.

Energy 88