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Study sheds new light on certainty of opinions
Researchers for years have understood how attitudes held with certainty might predict behavior, but psychologists now suggest there may be a more general disposition at work that predicts the certainty...
Watch: Lili Reinhart 'psyched' for 'Riverdale' time jump
Lili Reinhart, who plays Betty Cooper on "Riverdale," discussed Season 5 of the CW series on "The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon."
Have you noticed any problems with the U.S. Postal Service in your area?
Have you noticed any issues with mail delivery or with the postal service in your area? How have these issues affected you? Share your experiences with The Times.
Mother bats use baby talk to communicate with their pups
When talking to babies, humans slow down their speech, raise their pitch and change the "color" of their voice. This 'baby talk,' as people know it, increases the infant's attention...
Researchers work to ensure accurate decoding in fragile quantum states
When computers share information with one another, the information gets encoded into bits, then decoded back into its original form. In the process, pieces of the information sometimes get scrambled,...
Research challenges popular belief that 'unbridled ambition' costs female candidates votes
New research looking at voters' perception of gender and aspiration suggests that voters do not penalize ambitious women candidates seeking political office, contrary to popular belief.
Building a wearable that can catch you when you stumble
Tripping over clutter or missing a stair-step can be much more than an annoyance. For older adults, especially, the consequences of stumbling and falling can be costly on every dimension....
Joseph Duggar, wife Kendra expecting third child
"Counting On" stars Joseph Duggar and Kendra Duggar said they're "thrilled" to be expecting their third child.
What can ants and termites teach us about fighting disease?
You live in a crowded underground city with everyone you know. A relative comes home, and you can tell that they've been exposed to something that could get you all...
In Photos: Moments from Tyler Perry's career
Actor and director Tyler Perry, best known for his "Madea" saga, is receiving the Governors Award at the upcoming Emmy Awards ceremony. Here's a look back at his career through...
Gallup: Satisfaction with treatment of Black Americans at record low
Overall satisfaction in the United States with the treatment of Black persons has fallen this year to a record low, Gallup said in a new survey Wednesday.
'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...