PHONES are up to six times dirtier than toilet seats, says a shock study. And a quarter of us never clean our device. Swab tests found 52 per cent of handsets were heavily contaminated with microbe
How old is considered old? The answer to that question appears to be changing as people live longer, retire later and maintain higher levels of physical and mental health into their older years. A study published Monday suggests that people in their mid-60s believe old age starts at 75 — but the older people get, the later they think it begins. The research, published in the American Psychological Association’s Psychology and Aging journal, examined data from around 14,000 participants in the...
Chimpanzees and bonobos are often thought to reflect two different sides of human nature—the conflict-ready chimpanzee versus the peaceful bonobo—but a new study published in Current Biology shows that, within their own communities, male bonobos are more frequently aggressive than male chimpanzees. For both species, more aggressive males had more mating opportunities.
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New research has found a "missing piece of the puzzle" of West Antarctic Ice Sheet melt, revealing that the collapse of the ice sheet in the Ross Sea region can be prevented—if we keep to a low-emissions pathway.
Healthy cells respond appropriately to changes in their environment. They do this by sensing what's happening outside and relaying a command to the precise biomolecule in the precise domain that can carry out the necessary response.
A woman was fondled after getting into a car that she thought was part of a rideshare service, according to a post from University of Arizona Police Department.
The Dominican Republic, known for good weather, will have 124 fewer “outdoor days” in 75 years — implying a huge hit to its quality of life and its tourism-dependent economy. Here’s how the rest of the world stacks up.
KSN/KODE — A recent study by Eldessouky Law, focusing on the gender pay disparities within the United States, has shed light on the ongoing issue of wage inequality between men and women. By analyzing average annual salaries and integrating data from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), significant disparities have been revealed particularly in []
Remembering the times ‘SNL’ backed far away from the cutting edge
'The ambient presence of journalism and true information in our feeds, the signals of reliability that were there, that's gone,' Taylor Owen, founding director of McGill University's Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy, says
Since Meta blocked links to news in Canada last August to avoid paying fees to media companies, right-wing meme producer Jeff Ballingall says he has seen a surge in clicks for his Canada Proud Facebook page. Our numbers are growing and we're reaching more and more people every day, said Ballingall, who publishes up to 10 posts a day and has some 540,000 followers. Media is just going to get more tribal and more niche, he added. This is just igniting it further. Canada has become ground...