Too much passionate about your paid job? There can be costs
If someone is passionate about what they do, we see it as more legitimate to exploit them, according to new research.
The findings show that people see it as more...
Strange new species of duck-billed dinosaur identified
The most complete skull of a duck-billed dinosaur from Big Bend National Park, Texas, is revealed in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology as a new genus and species, Aquilarhinus...
Are forests our best weapon against climate change?
Around 0.9 billion hectares—roughly 3.5 million square miles—of land worldwide would be suitable for forest restoration, which could ultimately capture two-thirds of human-made carbon emissions, say researchers.
In the journal...
Are really big companies so clumsy at innovation?
New research counters a longstanding assumption about big companies: that they’re less efficient in their investment in innovation.
With a swipe of gel and a strip of plastic, Procter &...
Isaiah makes landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane
Hurricane Isaiah made landfall on Monday night off the coast of North Carolina, with maximum sustained winds of up to 140 kilometers per hour, according to the U.S. National...
Mouse brains don’t form Alzheimer’s plaques at all when microglia is removed
A new way to forestall Alzheimer’s disease in a laboratory setting could one day help in devising targeted drugs that prevent it.
Researchers found that when they removed brain immune...
Fear of coronavirus infection makes masks more expensive for those living in regions at...
At a news conference in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged against stockpiling to ensure that healthworkers and those infected with the virus could still obtain them.
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Additional costs (not thought) of the opioid epidemic: $37B in tax revenue
The opioid epidemic may have cost state and federal governments in the United States up to $37.8 billion in lost tax revenue due to opioid-related employment loss, according to...
Teen claims to be Timmothy Pitzen, missing since 2011
On May 11, 2011, 6-year-old Timmothy Pitzen was taken to Greenman Elementary School in Aurora, Illinois by his father James. However, his mother, Amy, took him out of class...
South Korea records highest daily number of coronavirus infections in almost two months
South Korean officials reported 40 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, the highest daily number of infections in nearly two months, coinciding with the beginning of a new phase...