Sociology
On the Cusp of Adulthood and Facing an Uncertain Future: What We Know About Gen Z So Far
Gen Z on track to be the best-educated generation yet Gen Z is more racially and ethnically diverse than previous generations Gen Zers and Millennials have similar viewpoints on many major issues of the day Younger generations see family, societal change as a good thing Generations differ in their familiarity and comfort with using gender-neutral…
Read MoreInequality Everywhere You Look
The gains in employment for food services and drinking establishments is now below where it was in January 1990 when the Federal Reserve first began tracking this data. And it’s not just restaurants. The entire hospitality sector is feeling immense pain right now, with an unemployment rate fast approaching 40%. The restaurant industry is one…
Read MoreGlobal deaths: This is how COVID-19 compares to other diseases
Nearly 150,000 people die each day around the world, according to 2017 data. Cardiovascular diseases are the biggest killer globally. This is how COVID-19 compares to other diseases for number of deaths. Click here to read the full article.
Read MoreWhy Do Humans Sleep in 8-Hour Cycles?
For much of recorded history, humans have actually slept eight hours, but in two distinct phases of approximately four hours each. As scholar Roger Ekirch uncovered through his exhaustive historical study of literature, art, and diaries, people would once head to bed when it got dark, sleep for four hours, wake for a while, and…
Read MoreHow covid-19 will change the global business climate
Covid-19 is threatening livelihoods as well as lives. Our cover this week examines the disaster the disease is unleashing in the business world. Countries accounting for more than half of global GDP are in lockdown. The International Labour Organisation estimates that industries in which the risk of lay-offs or furloughs is high employ 1.25bn people.…
Read MoreA rare disease stopped this woman from standing until she was 15 – and now she’s working to help others
Lynsey Chediak was 15 before she overcame arthrogryposis and was able to stand. There are more than 300 million people in the world with a rare disease. It’s Rare Disease Day on 29 February, which shines a spotlight on how difficult it it can be for patients to receive a diagnosis and treatment. The World…
Read MoreAmazon and Microsoft join White House team to unleash high-performance computing on COVID-19
Less than a week after the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy organized a consortium to focus the power of artificial intelligence on addressing the coronavirus outbreak, another tech team is joining the fight — this time, armed with supercomputers and the cloud. The COVID-19 High-Performance Computing Consortium, organized by OSTP and IBM,…
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