Kids Wants Video Games More Than Money For The Holidays, Study Finds

It's not a big surprise, but a lot of children want video games for the holidays. The Entertainment Software Association, which represents the US video game industry's interests in Washington D.C., ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 13

Report says 76% of kids are asking for video games this holiday | ESA

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) found that 76% of U.S. kids are asking for video games as gifts for the holiday season.

Tech - VentureBeat - November 12

More than 800 million people around the world have diabetes, study finds

Scientists say increase from 1990 to 2022 was largest in low- and middle-income countries and lack of treatment ‘concerning’. Why have rates doubled over the last 30 years and what can be ...

World - The Guardian - November 13

Can you ‘undo’ political polarization? Left and right might be closer than we think, study finds

University of California, Berkeley, research shows people are committed to protecting democratic institutions despite differences. You know that uncle whose political takes threaten to turn family ...

World - The Guardian - November 3

Russia fines Google more money than there is in entire world

The mind-boggling figure has been levied due to the company restricting Russian state media on YouTube.

Why no more than 60% of your retirement money belongs in stocks

Bonds have kept pace with stocks throughout U.S. market history.

Business - MarketWatch - 5 days ago

Experiencing intense emotions with others makes people feel more connected, study finds

Participants bonded more after watching films that sparked intense emotions. Whether it is laughing at a classic comedy or watching a horror film from behind a cushion, movies can generate myriad ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

More than an hour of exercise a week may help with ‘baby blues’, says study

Moderate exercise such as brisk walking may almost halve new mothers’ risk of major depression, analysis suggests. Doing more than an hour of moderate intensity exercise each week may reduce the ...

World - The Guardian - November 7

Annual UFO report finds 21 cases of more than 700 received need more analysis

Among the 757 reports received, 4% had unusual descriptions, like "green fireball" or "a jelly fish with [multicolored] flashing lights."

Main engine of U.S. economy posts fastest growth in more than two years, ISM finds

Service-oriented companies such as retailers and restaurants grew in October at the fastest pace in more than two years, a survey found, and offered further evidence of strong momentum in the U.S. ...

Business - MarketWatch - November 5

Men earn more than women in egalitarian Norway, report finds. But it's on par with Europe

A Norwegian government report says that men earn an average of 13% more than women in egalitarian Norway

World - ABC News - November 14

Study finds LLMs can identify their own mistakes

It turns out that LLMs encode quite a bit of knowledge about the truthfulness of their answers, even when they give the wrong one.

Tech - VentureBeat - October 29

Alcohol consumption abundant in the natural world, study finds

Range of species have ethanol in diet, normally arising through fermented fruits, sap and nectar. Humans may have turned drinking into something of an art form but when it comes to animals putting ...

World - The Guardian - October 30

Monkeys will never type Shakespeare, study finds

Australian researchers have poked holes in an old thought-experiment known as the "infinite monkey theorem".

A.D.H.D. Symptoms Are Milder With a Busy Schedule, Study Finds

New research suggests symptoms of the disorder may be less severe in those with a demanding schedule.

Health - The New York Times - November 13

Travel expert on holiday tips to save time and money

Having visited more than 250 cities in 62 countries, Emmy-winning host Samantha Brown shares her top strategies to make holiday travel smoother and more affordable.

Elon Musk’s money and the battle for Pennsylvania – video

Pennsylvania is set to be this election’s most vital swing state, with the world’s richest man injecting tens of millions of dollars into the race to help Donald Trump win. With just days before ...

World - The Guardian - October 31

B1G1 50% Off Video Games: Metaphor: ReFantazio, Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster, Space Marine 2, And More

Best Buy has launched a new Buy One, Get One 50% Off Sale on hundreds of video games for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch. As the title suggests, you can pick any two games ...

Tech - GameSpot - November 1

Celtics' Joe Mazzulla wants to bring fighting back to NBA: 'What's more entertaining than a little scuffle?'

Mazzulla's plans might not be the best for his players but he understands what the people want

Sports - CBS Sports - October 29

Finding the money to make Europe great again

Frozen assets and large capital exports should be go-to sources for funding a geopolitical transformation

Business - Financial Times - 4 days ago

People born without sense of smell breathe differently, study finds

People with working sense of smell sniff more than those with anosmia, with possible implications for health. People born without a sense of smell breathe differently to those with one, researchers ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

Study finds local governments are less polarized despite national political divisions

Local governments are uniquely able to combat growing national polarization, according to a new study out Wednesday from the nonprofit research organization CivicPulse and Carnegie Corporation of ...

Politics - NBC News - October 23

Extreme drought areas treble in size since 80s - study

Forty-eight percent of the world went through at least one month of extreme drought in 2023.

Semaglutide linked to reduced arthritis knee pain in people with obesity, study finds

People who lost a significant amount of weight with semaglutide saw major improvements in osteoarthritis knee pain, research published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine finds.

Universe would die before monkey with keyboard writes Shakespeare, study finds

Australian mathematicians call into question the ‘infinite monkey theorem’ in new research on old adage. Mathematicians have called into question the old adage that a monkey typing randomly at a ...

World - The Guardian - November 1

American activists were behind efforts to spread conspiracies with bot networks, study finds

American political activists on the left and the right are using networks of social media followers that behave like bots to rapidly spread conspiracy theories.

1 in 4 Child Deaths After E.R. Visits Are Preventable, Study Finds

If every emergency room in the United States were fully prepared to treat children, thousands of lives would be saved and the cost would be $11.84 or less per child, researchers found.

Business - The New York Times - November 1

Moving in with someone cuts chances of being depressed, finds study

Being married or in ‘marriage-like’ situation may bring health benefits – but quality of relationship is key, say experts. They were portrayed as self-satisfied and insufferable by Bridget Jones’s ...

World - The Guardian - November 4

Americans' increased pandemic drinking lasted for years, study finds

Pandemic-prompted drinking persists, according to a new study that shows a continued increase in alcohol use.

Fears for spread of malaria in Africa as study finds resistance to frontline drug

Signs of resistance to artemisinin in tenth of children with severe malaria similar to situation in Asia, say researchers. Researchers have found “troubling” evidence for the first time that a ...

World - The Guardian - November 14

Using abbreviations in text messages comes across as less sincere, study finds

People who use abbreviations were less likely to receive responses, analysis by psychologists found. Reducing your texts to a flurry of abbreviations could have unintended consequences, according ...

World - The Guardian - November 14

People around world associate rolled R with a jagged line, study finds

Speakers of 28 languages linked sound and shape at least 88% of the time, in ‘strongest case of sound symbolism to date’. A rolled R is a sound that many struggle to produce, but research suggests ...

World - The Guardian - 22 hours ago