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Oh, rats! As New Yorkers emerge from pandemic, so do rodents

They crawled to the surface as the coronavirus pandemic roiled New York City, scurrying out of subterranean nests into the open air, feasting on a smorgasbord of scraps in streets, parks and mounds of curbside garbage. As diners shunned the indoors f.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgMay 9th, 2022

Team uncovers the complex social life of rats, with potential implications for human psychiatry

The social behaviors of the Rattus norvegicus, commonly known as the Norway rat, are far more complex than previously thought, according to a team of researchers from ELTE Eötvös Loránd University......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Frontegg Flows simplifies customer identity processes

Frontegg launched Flows, a journey-time orchestration capability that uses generative AI to simplify the creation of advanced customer identity processes. As growing businesses emerge from startup mode and enter scale-up mode, their user identities s.....»»

Category: securitySource:  netsecurityRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Singapore families show high resilience during pandemic

A recent study by the National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) analyzing the resilience of Singaporean families during the COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered significant findings that highlight how most families wi.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 7th, 2024

Study: Job embeddedness impacts voluntary turnover in the midst of job insecurity

During the Great Resignation, the United States experienced a significant uptick in voluntary employee resignations about one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. The early stages of the pandemic, however, were plagued by high unemployment. In order to s.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 4th, 2024

Economists recognized early on in the pandemic that working from home is here to stay

When Amazon told staffers last month to come back to the office five days a week, many observers reacted as if an earthquake struck the post-pandemic world of work. To Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom, the news barely registered......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024

Return-to-office mandates may not be the solution to downtown struggles that Canadian cities are banking on

In recent months, many Canadian employers in both the public and private sectors have implemented return-to-office mandates, requiring workers that transitioned to remote or hybrid work during the COVID-19 pandemic to work in-person again......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024

Bird Flu Fears Stoke the Race for an mRNA Flu Vaccine

Researchers have been working on mRNA flu vaccines since before the Covid-19 pandemic, but we may get one for bird flu first......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsOct 3rd, 2024

Study highlights managers" role in telework success

Amazon has announced that it will end remote work for its office staff starting in January 2025. A decision that seems to go against the current, as the increasing pace of digitalization since the recent pandemic has marked a turning point for telewo.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Lab owner pleads guilty to faking COVID test results during pandemic

Ill-gotten millions bought a Bentley, Lamborghini, Tesla X, and crypto, among other things. The co-owner of a Chicago-based lab has pleaded guilty for his role in a COVID testing.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 2nd, 2024

Lab owner pleads guilty to faking COVID test results during pandemic

Ill-gotten millions bought a Bentley, Lamborghini, Tesla X, and crypto, among other things. Enlarge / Residents line up for COVID-19 testing on November 30, 2020 in Chicago. (credit: Getty | Scott Olson) The co-owner of.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024

Scientists explore microbial diversity in sourdough starters

When millions of people went into lockdown during the pandemic, they went in search of new at-home hobbies to help cure their boredom. Among them was making sourdough bread. In addition to being sustainable for its use of natural ingredients and trad.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024

COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the Moon, Scientists Claim

COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the Moon, Scientists Claim.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsOct 1st, 2024

Brazilians choke as fire smoke blankets 80% of country

With as much as 80 percent of Brazil under a blanket of smoke from historic wild fires, face masks last used during the coronavirus pandemic are coming out again......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

The evolutionary history of rats has more holes than Swiss cheese, but researchers are trying to close them

Rats and humans have lived together for thousands of years. However, written historical records of rats migrating alongside people are sparse and some are entangled with myth and folklore......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 30th, 2024

Can addressing gut issues treat long COVID in children?

Study hopes to answer questions about connection between GI and neurological symptoms. Enlarge (credit: Frazao Studio Latino/ Getty Images) Four years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors and researchers.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsSep 28th, 2024

Atmospheric methane increase during pandemic due primarily to wetland flooding, satellite data analysis finds

A new analysis of satellite data finds that the record surge in atmospheric methane emissions from 2020 to 2022 was driven by increased inundation and water storage in wetlands, combined with a slight decrease in atmospheric hydroxide (OH). The resul.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 24th, 2024

Can our stockpiles of Tamiflu protect against a bird flu pandemic?

Governments are banking on this old drug in the event of an H5N1 outbreak. Enlarge / A box and a tablet of Roche Pharmaceuticals' Tamiflu pills for influenza. (credit: Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Since re.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsSep 23rd, 2024

Research highlights the unseen challenges, adaptations of adult daughters during COVID upheaval for families

A Baylor University study has shed light on the often-overlooked experiences of women doing "daughtering" in families, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, which created immense challenges in their relationships with parents and other family me.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 20th, 2024

New Monument Valley 3 details emerge as preregistration opens today

Pre-registration is now open for Monument Valley 3, and we've got some new details on the puzzle game to celebrate......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 20th, 2024

New Monument Valley 3 details emerge as pre-registration opens today

Pre-registration is now open for Monument Valley 3, and we've got some new details on the puzzle game to celebrate......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 20th, 2024