Eye-watering tax bill. Porn vs. performance. The Oldest Game. Infrastructure radar.

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• New Historian and Digital Journal are the latest to report on the work of doctoral candidate and lecturer in the Department of Religion, Brice Jones, who has deciphered an ancient Egyptian receipt for what appears to be a very heavy tax payment.
• MontrealGazette.com publishes a news brief about a study conducted by Jim Pfaus, professor in the Department of Psychology, and Nicole Prause, an associate research scientist in UCLA's Department of Psychiatry, that debunks clinical claims and observations that the more erotica men watch, the likelier they are to experience erectile problems. Huffington Post, The Hamilton Spectator, The New Indian Express, You Beauty, Ask Men, Chennaionline, Vancouver Desi, AVN and Mirror.co.uk also write about the study.
• Belgian television RTBF is the latest to report on the work of a team led by Sandra Gabriele, professor and interim chair of Communication Studies, and Lisa Lynch, associate professor of journalism, on the web-based game The Oldest Game, which seeks to de-stigmatize and demystify sex work. Sandra Gabriele is interviewed by video conference. She first appears just before the one-minute mark.
• Paint Square writes about Concordia research that uses electromagnetic waves to inspect bridges for structural soundness. The ground-penetrating radar technology was adapted by a team led by Tarek Zayed, associate professor in the department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering. 

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