Construction workers 5X as likely to be in hospital for COVID

A team of researchers predicted in April that COVID-19 would hospitalize construction workers. New findings show they were right.

Marc Airhart-Texas • futurity
Oct. 30, 2020 ~6 min

Stress shows up in your spit after work interruptions

Lots of interruptions at work can raise the level of stress hormones our bodies produce, researchers report. But not all interupptions are the same.

ETH Zurich • futurity
Oct. 27, 2020 ~6 min


Men with physical jobs have 55% higher dementia risk

While research has found that physical activity can reduce the risk of developing dementia, a new study finds that's not the case with hard labor.

U. Copenhagen • futurity
Oct. 26, 2020 ~6 min

Wives try to earn less? Not according to the data

A closer look at the data says no, women don't sabotage their own earnings to align with the "male breadwinner norm."

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
Oct. 16, 2020 ~7 min

Blue-light glasses improve your sleep and work

Wearing blue-light glasses just before hitting the sack can help you get a better night's sleep and help you work better the next day.

George Vlahakis-Indiana • futurity
Oct. 15, 2020 ~6 min

Pandemic puts certain groups in high-hazard work

Out of the Washington state workforce of 3.3 million, some 900,000 fill positions in 55 high-hazard lines of work. They're mostly female and disproportionately people of color.

Jake Ellison-U. Washington • futurity
Oct. 15, 2020 ~6 min

Remembering Mario Molina, Nobel Prize-winning chemist who pushed Mexico on clean energy -- and, recently, face masks

Molina, who died on Oct. 8, 'thought climate change was the biggest problem in the world long before most people did.' His research on man-made depletion of the ozone layer won the 1995 Nobel Prize.

Elena Delavega, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Memphis • conversation
Oct. 10, 2020 ~6 min

Even though times are tough, working parents are happier

"When dads play a bigger role in childcare and doing routine housework, it puts both parents in a better position to succeed at work."

Patti Verbanas-Rutgers • futurity
Sept. 29, 2020 ~5 min


J-PAL North America launches research initiative to focus on Covid-19 recovery

The Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience Initiative aims to catalyze evidence-based policy solutions to the challenges posed by the pandemic.

Caroline Garau | J-PAL North America • mit
Sept. 21, 2020 ~4 min

Will 2020 change the way you work forever?

The pandemic and focus on racial justice in 2020 may end up transforming the workplace for good, one expert says. He also has tips for the "new normal."

Jennifer Rainey Marquez-Georgia State • futurity
Sept. 16, 2020 ~9 min

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