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35 articles found.

SUMMARY VIEW  Expanded details within a Category. Click on article title, Category, or a listed Topic

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Aging, General

 3 records found

How to Crack the Code to Happiness in the Second Half of Life by NPR Staff


(Health & Wellness   February 26, 2022)
You've got to do the work. You can't just wish for it, and you can't hope you get lucky.…
Topics: Achievements • Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Attitudes • Coping • COVID-19 • Hopes & Dreams • Memories • Optimal Aging • Relationships • Research


Senior Citizens' Brains by Dan Seagren


(Senior Moments   November 17, 2019)
Looking at how our brain changes as we age…
Topics: Change • Optimal Aging • Research • Trends • Wellness


The Unstoppable Age Wave Referred by Stu Johnson


(Our World   September 7, 2018)
By 2030 seniors will outnumber youth in U.S.…
Topics: Change • Demographics • Research • Trends



Citizenship

 1 record found

Election Eve Expectations by Stu Johnson


(My World   October 31, 2020)
Be patient, the 2020 Election is like none before and the counting will go on for days…
Topics: COVID-19 • Freedom • Government • Media • News • Politics • Research • Social Issues • Social Media • Social Unrest, Division • Voting & Elections



Government & Politics

 3 records found

Driven Apart by Stu Johnson


(My World   October 10, 2020)
Where and how you get information matters…
Topics: Choices and Decision Making • COVID-19 • Dysfunctional, Broken • Government • Internet • Media • Politics • Research • Social Issues • Social Unrest, Division • Technology • Values • Voting & Elections


The Census is Coming! Reported by Stu Johnson


(My World   March 11, 2020)
Watch your mail for your invitation to participate…
Topics: Demographics • Government • Research • Statistics


Polls and Polling by Dan Seagren


(Senior Moments   September 25, 2016)
The challenges of opinion polls and voting technology…
Topics: Government • Research • Technology • Voting & Elections



Health & Wellness

 11 records found

Alzheimer's Ignites a Neuron-Killing 'Forest Fire' by Karen Weintraub / Scientififc American


(Health & Wellness   November 17, 2023)
And it could also be the kindling sparking Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative maladies…
Topics: Disease • Memory (failing, improving) • Research • Science & Technology • Wellness


How Loneliness Reshapes the Brain by Marta Zaraska / Quantum Magazine


(Health & Wellness   March 4, 2023)
Feelings of loneliness prompt changes in the brain that further isolate people from social contact…
Topics: Coping • Loneliness • Mental Health • Optimal Aging • Research • Science & Technology • Wellness


How to Support Your Immune System When It's Running Low by Chloe Gray / Stylist


(Health & Wellness   August 12, 2022)
Here’s how to look after your immune system as flu season approaches…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Coping • COVID-19 • Disease • Optimal Aging • Research • Wellness


How Many Hours of Sleep Do Your Actually Need? by Claire Maldarelli / Popular Science


(Health & Wellness   July 30, 2022)
It depends on how well you want your brain to work…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Optimal Aging • Research • Wellness


The Vindication of Cheeese, Butter, and Full-Fat Milk by James Hamblin / The Atlantic


(Health & Wellness   April 22, 2022)
Research has exonerated dairy fats as a cause of early death, but low-fat products continue to be perceived as healthier…
Topics: Disease • Optimal Aging • Research • Trends • Wellness


There are 6 more items for the category Health & Wellness and the Research topic...See the whole list


History

 2 records found

1950 Census Released by US Census Bureau Staff


(Our World   April 16, 2022)
While we know the aggragate statistics, the details remain hidden for seven decades, but now you can dive into the details of the 1950 census…
Topics: Demographics • History • Reference • Research • Statistics • Trends


James Robert Watkins: Soul Brother by James N. Watkins


(Hobbies & Lesiure   February 27, 2016)
Digging up trivia and treasures when searching for namesakes…
Topics: Personal Stories (Biography/Autobiography) • History • Research



Housing and Living Options

 1 record found

Where We Live Reported by Stu Johnson


(Our World   May 29, 2020)
America as a nation of small towns…
Topics: Change • Choices and Decision Making • Demographics • Research • Trends



News & Current Events

 6 records found

Why Do Newly Approved Weight Loss Drugs Work? by Gina Kolata / The New York Times


(Health & Wellness   August 26, 2023)
We know where new weight loss drugs came from, but not why they work…
Topics: Disease • Government • Obesity • Optimal Aging • Research • Science & Technology • Wellness


Is it Really Hotter Now than Any Time in 100,000 Years? by Darrell Kauffman / The Conversation


(My World   July 28, 2023)
Recent heat waves underscore Earth’s new climate state while revealing a fascinating history…
Topics: Change • Coping • Crisis • Current Events, News • History • Nature • News • Research • Science & Technology • Weather


The Counting is Done by Steven Dillingham


(Our World   October 24, 2020)
The end of 2020 Census data collection, next steps and a heartfelt thanks from the U.S. Census Bureau…
Topics: COVID-19 • Current Events, News • Demographics • Government • News • Research


Down to the Wire Reports from the U.S. Census Bureau


(My World   October 2, 2020)
Census count exceeds 99% as court orders extension of counting…
Topics: COVID-19 • Demographics • Government • News • Research • Trends


About Those Numbers by Stu Johnson


(My World   May 19, 2020)
Putting COVID-19 numbers in perspective…
Topics: Communication • COVID-19 • Crisis • Dying and Death • Disease • Ethics & Morality • Media • News • Research • Social Issues • Trust • Writing


Would You Vote for Deez Nuts? —Iowa farm boy scores big in poll by Stu Johnson


(My World   August 21, 2015)
The wacky, but worrisome, relationship between politics, polling, and media…
Topics: Government • Media • Popular Culture • Research



Relationships

 3 records found

Children Who Marry Their Parents by James N. Watkins


(Connections   August 11, 2023)
The psychology of courtship…
Topics: Choices and Decision Making • Family • Love • Psychology, Psychological Health • Relationships • Research


A Necessary Conversation by Stu Johnson


(Connections   December 14, 2017)
Straight talk about sex and marriage…
Topics: Beliefs • Choices and Decision Making • Faith • Family • Relationships • Research • Social Issues • Social Movements • Trends • Values


Friendship by Emily Sohn / submitted by Stu Johnson


(Connections   July 13, 2016)
Why it matters…
Topics: Communication • Friends & Neighbnors • Relationships • Research • Wellness



Technology

 1 record found

How to Tell Science from Psuedoscience by Natalie Wallington /Popular Science


(Learn   August 13, 2022)
A guide to ferreting out falsehoods…
Topics: Beliefs • History • Learning • Media • Popular Culture • Research • Science & Technology • Trust



Trends

 4 records found

Race Relations by the Numbers by James N. Watkins


(Connections   June 23, 2023)
Childhood memories from a trip to Florida and what public opinion polling suggests about the state of race relations in America today…
Topics: Attitudes • Change • History • Memories • News • Racism and Inequality • Research • Social Issues • Social Movements • Trends


Who Do You Trust? (2022) by Stu Johnson


(Our World   September 17, 2022)
The Gallup survey on Confidence in American Institutions shows 10 of 16 hitting all-time lows in 2022. That begs the question, do we just shake our heads as we point to 'THEM,' or ask 'what does this say about US'?…
Topics: Business • Demographics • Government • History • Religion • Research • Statistics • Trends • Trust


Who Do You Trust? (2021) by Stu Johnson


(Our World   July 23, 2021)
After an upward bump in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic in July 2020, Gallup's annual survey of confidence in American institutions returns to a long downward trend…
Topics: COVID-19 • Crime, Justice, Punishment • Demographics • Government • History • News • Racism and Inequality • Religion • Research • Science & Technology • Social Issues • Social Movements • Social Unrest, Division • Statistics • Technology • Trends • Values • Voting & Elections


The Changing Family Reported by Stu Johnson


(Our World   November 30, 2017)
A profile from the U.S. Census Bureau
Topics: Demographics • Family • Research • Social Movements • Trends