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The sooner you finish, the sooner you can leave your computer alone. (Markus Spiske/Unsplash/)There’s only one way to truly get more hours in the day: bend the laws of space and time....
Amazon survey finds more than half of US workers say coronavirus has left them underemployed
More than half of the U.S. workers seeking work say their job hunt is due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The safest ways to exercise during a pandemic
Get physical in your personal space for the time being. (Pexels/)Follow all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage here, including breakdowns of the safest schooling options, safest dining options, and a tutorial on safest long-distance...
Breaktime Café prepares, delivers meals amid pandemic
Connor Schoen and Tony Shu were just weeks away from opening Breaktime Cafe, their job-training initiative for youth experiencing homelessness, when the pandemic hit. They knew they had to do something fast or...
'A Teacher,' starring Kate Mara, to premiere Nov. 10 on FX
"A Teacher," a limited series about a teacher's illicit relationship with a student, is coming to FX in November.
Rethinking business: Disruptions like the corona crisis also create new opportunities
Changes in the external environment always affect the success of companies and may even tilt previously valid laws of business off balance. In a new study, Jan Recker, Chair for...
People who were children when their parents divorced have less 'love hormone'
People who were children when their parents were divorced showed lower levels of oxytocin -- the so-called 'love hormone' -- when they were adults than those whose parents remained married,...
Look: Hilaria Baldwin gives birth to fifth child with Alec Baldwin
Hilaria Baldwin welcomed a son with her husband, Alec Baldwin, after experiencing two miscarriages in 2019.
Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Carrie Underwood to perform at ACM Awards
Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Carrie Underwood and Trisha Yearwood will perform Sept. 16 at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
Feeling misunderstood boosts support for Brexit
Feeling misunderstood by other groups makes people more likely to support separatist causes like Brexit and Scottish independence, new research suggests.
Watch: Demi Lovato on using platform for something 'bigger' than singing
Demi Lovato discussed her campaign for Breonna Taylor and her new partnership with Talkspace online therapy on "Good Morning America."
Unconscious learning underlies belief in God, study suggests
Individuals who can unconsciously predict complex patterns, an ability called implicit pattern learning, are likely to hold stronger beliefs that there is a god who creates patterns of events in...
Harvard senior uses Peabody archives to create documentary
Growing up in London, Che R. Applewhaite loved going to art exhibitions and film screenings. He would often chronicle his experiences through blogging and journaling. At Harvard, he wrote articles on culture and...
Vitamin B1 deficiency a key factor in the development of alcohol-related dementia
A research group has now developed a hypothesis whereby iron deposits in the brain -- resulting from alcohol-induced vitamin B1 deficiency -- can be regarded as key factors in cognitive...
Look: Ashley Darby expecting second child with Michael Darby
"Real Housewives of Potomac" star Ashley Darby is expecting her second child with her husband, Michael Darby.
Most L.A. households face serious financial problems amid coronavirus pandemic, poll finds
The survey offers further proof that the heaviest impact of the outbreak often falls on Black and Latino households.
Unconscious learning fosters belief in God, study finds
People who unconsciously predict complex patterns are more likely to hold a strong belief in God -- a God who creates order in an otherwise chaotic universe.
How behavioural science can help us understand human behaviour during a pandemic
When the day comes that the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, one of things that will remain with us is witnessing our fellow humans' irrational and sometimes extreme behavior—and perhaps our own...
Study shows contact with criminal justice system affects well-being—with consequences at the polls
When police in Aurora, Colorado, handcuffed children and made them lie face down on the pavement after stopping an African-American family they mistakenly identified, they not only made headlines, they...
In Photos: Moments from Kim Kardashian's career
The entrepreneur and television personality, Kim Kardashian-West, recently shared an Instagram post announcing that her family's reality series, "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," will end after 20 seasons. Here's a...
Three-quarters of Americans plan to save rather than spend, Gallup poll shows
The vast majority of Americans say they plan to save money rather than spend it in the near future, and that finding a COVID-19 vaccine will have an impact on...
Racism amid the COVID-19 pandemic: A path forward
Because SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was first discovered in China, Chinese American families in the United States have reported an increase in racist experiences during the ongoing pandemic....
Advice from an astronaut
Video: 00:01:41 English Advice from an astronautESA astronaut Luca Parmitano provides words of wisdom to young people on how investing their time wisely today can help build a better tomorrow.In this video, Luca...
Blood, death, and eye gouging: Welcome to the world of Acorn woodpeckers
Acorn woodpeckers are willing to invest an impressive amount of time and energy in these power struggles, whether they are warriors or spectators. (Sahas Barve/)For the acorn woodpecker, turf wars aren’t just violent...
Op-Ed: My patients can 'feel well' yet test positive for the coronavirus. They're shocked, but I'm not
Many patients are puzzled when their coronavirus test is positive, saying they "feel fine." As a doctor, I know we need to test the asymptomatic.
How COVID-19 worsened gender inequality in the U.S. workforce
The pandemic has left millions of people across the United States unemployed. But survey data show that women have been particularly hard-hit, researchers report in the August Socius. Those gender disparities largely persisted...
Pumpkin farmers report bumper crops that appeal to pandemic-weary customers
U.S. pumpkin farmers foresee a bumper crop of the popular Halloween gourd this year and report surging interest in pumpkin patches from Americans seeking safe outdoor fun amid the coronavirus...
A new method for directed networks could help multiple levels of science
Many complex systems have underlying networks: they have nodes which represent units of the system and their edges indicate connections between the units. In some contexts, the connections are symmetric,...