As inactivity increases, so does risk of depression and other mental health problems, new studies show. But breaks for even light activity can help.
Most people don’t move enough. The trick is to do what you can whenever you can, even if it’s just standing up more than once an hour and walking a bit.
Black middle- and high-school students miss four times as much school as white children due to suspensions. What might help shrink this discipline gap?
Peach-colored bandages label dark-skinned patients as unusual, says med student Linda Oyesiku. Brown bandages expand who’s seen as normal.
Pandemic-related lockdowns briefly warmed the planet. The reason: The cleaner air carried fewer planet-cooling aerosols.
Scientists use statistics to design studies, analyze data and evaluate uncertainty. You’ll find it in biology, climate change, medicine and more.
Boredom contributes to pandemic fatigue, and it may account for why some people don’t follow social distancing rules.
By combining patterns found in mountains of data with information gleaned from mistakes, these computer programs expand their artificial intelligence.
The price of not vaccinating nearly everyone across the world could be a longer pandemic and more troubling variants of the new coronavirus.