Research
Work
Hybrid work cuts quit rates by a third with no performance hit
Quit rates tell you something pay surveys cannot: how much staff actually want to stay. At Trip.com, the Chinese travel platform, a properly designed randomised trial found that letting engineers and other graduate employees work from home two days a week pushed that number down by a third.
Health
One in three mothers had a prior miscarriage, AIHW finds
Thirty per cent of women who gave birth in 2022 had previously experienced at least one miscarriage, and 10 per cent had experienced two or more.
Mental Health
Teen Happiness Falls in Western Countries as Social Media Hours Rise
The 2026 World Happiness Report links heavy social media use to declining youth wellbeing. No English-speaking country made the top 10.