Federal financial aid for college will be easier to apply for – and a bit more generous

Jan 14, 2021 04:58 am UTC| Life Economy

Editors note: The Free Application for Federal Student Aid better known as FAFSA is being simplified through the omnibus spending bill that became law in December. The FAFSA is what students must fill out to receive Pell...

How the pandemic will shape the workplace trends of 2021

Jan 06, 2021 04:21 am UTC| Life

The economist John Maynard Keynes predicted in 1930 that the amount we work would gradually shrink to as little as 15 hours a week as technology made us more productive. Not only did this not happen, but we also began to...

Reopen recreation spaces after COVID-19 for the good of the public, not the individual

Jan 06, 2021 04:08 am UTC| Life

As we struggle through various phases of COVID-19 restrictions, we are all looking towards what will be a long and tentative process of reopening. Yet the lessons from our first reopening strategies last spring make it...

Here's why you're checking work emails on holidays (and how to stop)

Dec 29, 2020 14:35 pm UTC| Life

Finally, the holidays are here the break youve been waiting for. You want to leave work behind, kick back and enjoy time with family and friends. But youre still checking work emails and taking work calls. Even if you...

World War 3: Expert says no chance of North Korea denuclearizing even as Joe Biden becomes president

Dec 28, 2020 05:48 am UTC| Politics Life

Many world leaders are already preparing for incoming US president Joe Biden to take the reins from Donald Trump, and this may also include North Korea. However, an expert says not to count on Biden to be able to get North...

World War 3: South Korea deploys fighter jets following detection of Russian and Chinese warplanes in airspace

Dec 23, 2020 05:41 am UTC| Politics Life

Tensions between South Korea and Russia and China could also become a catalyst to a possible all-out conflict. Fears of a possible world war 3 have since been stoked in the area when South Korea deployed fighter jets upon...

How holiday cards help us cope with a not-so-merry year, according to a professor of comedy

Dec 23, 2020 01:25 am UTC| Life

The first Christmas card was, perhaps predictably, one of good cheer. The concept is commonly credited to Sir Henry Cole, the founder of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. To spare himself the stress of...