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'Why is this happening to us?': Coronavirus takes a toll on Latinos and funeral homes
The pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on Latinos — and on the mortuaries that help families say goodbye to their loved ones
Nature and nurture both contribute to gender inequality in leadership, but that doesn't mean patriarchy is forever
Kamala Harris' candidacy as vice president of the United States provoked familiar criticism, based in part on her identity as a woman. Critics find her too angry, too confident, too...
Employee fraud decreases when they see family photos
Displaying family photos in the workplace cuts down on employee fraud and other unethical behavior, new Washington University in St. Louis research finds.
In Photos: Moments from Mariah Carey's career
Mariah Carey, whose falsetto pipes landed her at the top of the music charts in the early '90s, has been a fixture in Hollywood for nearly 30 years. An award-winning...
Partner selection ultimately happens in the woman's reproductive tract
Achieving pregnancy has been shown to be more likely between partners who carry dissimilar human leucocyte antigen (HLA) immune genes. Accordingly, humans are expected to choose HLA dissimilar reproductive partners....
Parents of online gamers need to think twice before labelling the hobby a 'waste of time'
Another day, another critic of online gaming. This time, it is one of the most well known faces, or voices, in popular culture today.
The risks of three back-to-school plans, ranked
While some options eliminate COVID-19 concerns, they still may be worrisome for other reasons. (Julia M Cameron from Pexels/)Follow all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage here, including breakdowns of the safest swimming options, safest...
Indians' Carlos Santana squeezes game-winning homer inside foul pole
Carlos Santana barely managed to keep a 442-foot, go-ahead home run in fair territory to lead the Cleveland Indians to a dramatic win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh.
Reopening elementary schools is risky — but so is keeping them closed
Experts say it's going to be a tough call for figuring out how to get elementary schools reopened. Reopening elementary schools when disease transmission is too high is risky.
Daughter says COVID-19 visitor restrictions traumatized family when father died at Sunnybrook
A Toronto woman whose father died in Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre three weeks ago says the hospital failed to show compassion as he was dying. Lisa Feingold says it seemed...
Letters to the Editor: Hey, young people, 'influencer' parties aren't essential
Some still believe that young people who attend house parties put only themselves at risk. How can they not know how wrong they are?
How developers are using mobile games to help save the planet
Developers behind huge mobile games are encouraging players to think about the environment.
If Joe Biden is elected, he must narrow his priorities
While Joe Biden's acceptance speech will rally the Democratic Party in a life-and-death political struggle to unseat Trump, the larger question is how he and his running mate Kamala Harris...
Teen pot use may be climbing again since legalization
Steady reductions in teen marijuana use in Washington state may have been disrupted by legalization of the drug, a new study suggests.
A.R.T. and Ed Portal’s theater camp is a hit with kids
By mid-summer, many younger children had had enough of Zoom. But in the last week of July, first-grader Gabriella Cedrone couldn’t wait to log on to the computer every day for Creative...
Notre Dame suspends in-person classes after 147 positive COVID-19 tests
The University of Notre Dame suspended in-person classes through the end of the month after 146 students and one staff member tested positive for COVID-19.
GenderSci Lab finds more than biology influences COVID risk
More men than women are dying of COVID-19. Some scientists think sex-specific hormones explain this difference, but researchers at Harvard say we need to look closely at how biology and social context affect...
Social connection boosts fitness app appeal
Apps alone don't motivate most people to exercise but interacting with an online exercise community as well provides the impetus for exercisers to do more -- and enjoy what they...
Police officers face multifaceted, compounding stressors that can lead to adverse events
Repeated exposure to high-stress calls for service and ongoing exposure to stress without relief were two of the contributing factors that could lead law enforcement officers to become susceptible to...
Commission selects five finalists for new Mississippi state flag
Commissioners in Mississippi narrowed the choices for the state's new flag design to five during a meeting on Tuesday.
Ron Meyer leaves NBCUniversal citing extortion attempt related to affair
Vice Chairman Ron Meyer departed NBCUniversal Tuesday amid what he described as an extortion attempt related to an extramarital affair that he disclosed to the company.
Study suggests 'horrifying' rise in domestic violence during pandemic
X-ray evidence points to pandemic lockdowns triggering a surge in cases of domestic violence.
BTS's J-hope donates $84,416 for children in need amid pandemic
J-hope, a member of popular K-pop band BTS, donated $84,416 for children suffering economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic, a charity group said Tuesday.
Smartphones are lowering student's grades on closed-book exams
The ease of finding information on the internet is hurting students' long-term retention and resulting in lower grades on exams, according to a new study.
USPS to suspend changes until after election
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Tuesday that he's suspending some of the changes he's made to the U.S. Postal Service since taking office "to avoid even the appearance of any...
BTS' J-hope donates $84,416 for children in need amid pandemic
J-hope, a member of popular K-pop band BTS, donated $84,416 for children suffering economic hardship due to the new coronavirus pandemic, a charity group said Tuesday.
For student researchers, no pause for the pandemic
In mid-March, when the Covid-19 pandemic darkened MIT classrooms and labs, lights switched on for undergraduate research taking place remotely. Zooming in from time zones often distant from Cambridge, Massachusetts, many students were...
Radcliffe project explores ongoing struggle for suffrage
The ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, granting women suffrage, was clearly a milestone in U.S. legal history. Many historians, however, would argue that transformative social change is the result of a...