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Late Night Snacks Cost You the Next Day at Work

Physical and emotional strains associated with unhealthy eating were related to changes in how people behaved at work throughout the day.

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Higher Income Makes People Feel More Confident

Researchers found consistent evidence to show that income reliably predicted greater positive self-regard emotions and lower negative self-regard emotions.

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Scientists Need to Become Better Communicators, but It's Hard to Measure Whether Training Works

Scientists began to realize they needed to do better at explaining their findings in the 1990s after some groups rejected findings about climate change.

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NASA Reaches for the Wright Stuff

Just being able to successfully hover off the ground will be a huge victory for the Ingenuity helicopter.

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It's When Not If with Ransomware: How Agencies Can Prepare

Agencies must acknowledge this threat and take steps to prepare, defend and remediate.

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You Can Fly! CDC Says Fully Vaccinated People Can Travel Safely within the U.S.

Travelers should continue to wear a mask and maintain social distance.

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The Hidden Toll of Remote Work

Switching to Zoom forever might be convenient, but it’s a recipe for loneliness.

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Infections with ‘U.K. Variant’ B.1.1.7 Have Greater Risk of Mortality

Now is not the time to get complacent, says NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins. This devastating pandemic isn’t over yet.

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Getting and Growing the Cyber Workforce You Need for 2021—and Beyond

It’s no secret that the competition for cyber talent is stiff. With a 0% unemployment rate and nearly 400K open positions across the U.S., federal agencies must reinvent their cyber employee experience. 

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Service Dogs Can Help Veterans with PTSD – Growing Evidence Shows They May Reduce Anxiety in Practical Ways

Unlike emotional support dogs or therapy dogs, service dogs must be trained to do specific tasks.

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Lessons From 30 Years of Government Reform Efforts

There’s much that newcomers to government should learn from the past.

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Why You Should Get a COVID-19 Vaccine – Even If You've Already Had the Coronavirus

COVID–19 vaccines offer safer and more reliable immunity than natural infection.

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People Gave Up on Flu Pandemic Measures a Century Ago When They Tired of Them – and Paid a Price

If we have anything to learn from the history of the 1918 influenza pandemic, it is that a premature return to pre-pandemic life risks more cases and more deaths.

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Program Lets Users Design Their Own Quantum Computers

This is the first time that most people will be able to “touch” quantum computing.