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Students Who Sleep 8 Hours Score Higher on Final Exams
During exam week, pulling an all-nighter is staple study technique for college students. Professors cram a semester’s worth of material into one final test, and students think the best way to prepare is to stay up all night studying and loading up on caffeine. But new research shows that it might be time to change… Read More
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Diversity Efforts Put More Women, Minorities in Med School
More women and minorities are being accepted into medical school, Yale University researchers find. This positive growth was sparked by two diversity standards introduced nearly 10 years ago by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), an organization that accredits medical education programs in the U.S. The standards made every institution capable of granting a… Read More
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A Transition to Renewables Would Create More Jobs Worldwide
A worldwide effort to combat climate change would create more jobs than it would lose, a new study shows. To achieve the goal set by the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius, a switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy is essential. But the switch to clean energy has received… Read More
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Is It Time to Treat Bigotry As a Public Health Problem?
Last Wednesday, four days before the start of Chanukah, Elizabeth Midlarsky, a holocaust scholar and professor at Columbia Teachers College, walked back to her office to find swastikas and the derogatory term “Yid” spray-painted on her walls. On Friday, a Hispanic father and son were beaten and bloodied outside of a tire shop in Salt… Read More
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The News You Missed over the Weekend
Mobile payment methods increase spending; fisheries survive coral depletion; VR motivates environmental education; climate change could trigger extinction domino effect. [divider] Shift to mobile payment methods causes more frequent spending Consumers are paying for more items with their smartphones, which is leading to more shopping overall, researchers find. While paying with with a credit card… Read More
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Women CEOs Are 45 Percent More Likely to Be Fired
A new report from researchers at the University of Alabama (UA) shows that female CEOs are more likely to be fired than their male counterparts, even if they are doing a good job. These recent findings reflect a negative trend regarding women’s power in the workplace. In the past year alone, the number of female… Read More
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New Program Helps Student Parents Pay for Child Care
Attending college has become a societal norm, and in most cases, successful careers are only possible with a degree in higher education. Unfortunately, college costs are skyrocketing. And an average annual price tag of $25,290 for a year at a public university doesn’t make it easy — especially for those with children to support. But… Read More
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Study Proves You Feel Angry After a Rough Night’s Sleep
Skipping out on even a couple of hours of sleep can intensify anger, researchers from Iowa State University find. Whether it’s from work, school, stress or the alluring next episode of your favorite show, we’ve all skipped out on a full night’s rest and woken up the next morning on the wrong side of the… Read More
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Extreme Heat Events Are Becoming More Frequent in U.S. and Canada
Extreme heat events are happening more often in the summer and winter across the U.S. and Canada, while extreme cold events are declining, a new study shows. These out-of-place hot spells could have many negative impacts on the environment, agriculture and human health. In the study, researchers from Kent State University looked at the trends… Read More
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Why Women Are Less Likely to Support Legal Marijuana
Across politics, women tend to be more liberal than men. In fact, FiveThirtyEight predicts that if only women voted, Democrats would hold a House majority of 275 to 160. But there is an unusual divide when it comes to support of marijuana. Women are less likely to approve of cannabis reform, which is an issue… Read More
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The News You Missed Over the Weekend
Blame local news for polarization; atmospheric spray as a method to limit global warming; superheroes inspire compassion; new insight to saving reefs. [divider] Loss of local news responsible for political polarization Local news is struggling to survive, and that has contributed to increased political polarization in the U.S., researchers from Louisiana State University (LSU) find.… Read More
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Study Shows Increased Public Interest in Conservation
Despite popular belief, the public is becoming more interested in conservation, Princeton University researchers find. This rise in interest comes at a pivotal time, as climate change, pollution, overexploitation and changes in land use continue to drive plant and animal species to extinction. While increased awareness about any environmental issue is generally a good thing,… Read More
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Natural Solutions Could Cut One-Fifth of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
U.S. lands and wetlands could absorb a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions — equal to that from all U.S. vehicles, researchers find. This promising news comes at a pivotal time, as the worldwide transition to clean, renewable energy is taking more time than we have. “One of America’s greatest assets is its land,” Joe Fargione,… Read More
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Climate Change Is Causing More Destructive, Wetter Hurricanes
Some of the most destructive, devastating hurricanes in recent years were intensified by climate change, researchers from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory find. Their supercomputer simulations proved that climate change increased the amount of rainfall in hurricanes Katrina, Irma and Maria by 5-10 percent. And the future looks bleak. If humans don’t… Read More
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A Humanities Major Can Earn You a Job Too
How students perceive the purpose of college has changed. It may be a result of economic determination, or possibly insecurity instilled by the 2008 financial crisis, but many of today’s students tend to view a college education solely as the key to a high-paying job. And since the mid-’90s, Silicon Valley in sunny California has… Read More
