Wages: why are they not keeping up with inflation?
There has been a huge amount of concern about rising inflation in recent months, and it's made worse by the fact that wage inflation has not been keeping up.
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The Wall of Wind can blow away buildings at Category 5 hurricane strength to help engineers design safer homes
In an airplane hangar in Miami, engineers are recreating some of the most powerful hurricane winds to ever strike land. These Category 5 winds can shatter a test building in the blink of an eye.
Firearm stocks spike after mass shootings as investors dismiss the chance of tightening gun laws
The day after an armed 18-year-old entered the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and shot dead 19 children and two teachers, the share prices of gun and weapons manufacturers jumped.
The forgotten history of Memorial Day
In the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the entire country.
Arming teachers – an effective security measure or a false sense of security?
According to a 2021 poll, 43% of Americans supported policies that allow school personnel to carry guns in schools.
Curious Kids: Where was the world’s first zoo?
Human fascination with animals goes back as far as humans do.
Dangerous counterfeit drugs are putting millions of US consumers at risk
The Food and Drug Administration took 130 enforcement actions against counterfeit medication rings from 2016 through 2021, according to my new study published in the journal Annals of Pharmacotherapy.
Nasal COVID-19 vaccines help the body prepare for infection right where it starts – in your nose and throat
The virus that causes COVID-19, usually enters the body through the nose and lands on the mucus membrane at the back of the nasal passage and in the throat. The virus then enters the cells it touches, replicates and spreads.
AI and machine learning are improving weather forecasts, but they won’t replace human experts
A century ago, English mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson proposed a startling idea for that time: constructing a systematic process based on math for predicting the weather.
How important is the COVID-19 booster shot for 5-to-11-year-olds?
COVID-19 is generally milder in children than adults, but severe disease can occur. As of late May 2022, more than 15,000 children ages 5 to 11 have been hospitalized with COVID-19 and 180 children have died.
