#Cool Stuff: ‘Unbreakable’, ‘Split’, and ‘Glass’ Get a Deluxe Vinyl Soundtrack Box Set from Waxwork Records

“#Cool Stuff: ‘Unbreakable’, ‘Split’, and ‘Glass’ Get a Deluxe Vinyl Soundtrack Box Set from Waxwork Records” When Split arrived in 2016, audiences were blown away by one of M.Night Shyamalan‘s biggest surprise endings yet. The thriller starring James McCavoy as a kidnapper with dissociative identity disorder was revealed to exist within the same universe as…

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#Racial wealth gap drives disparate responses to income shocks

“#Racial wealth gap drives disparate responses to income shocks” Credit: Shutterstock.com How do different types of households respond to economic volatility? A recent paper by University of Chicago economists shows that income shocks—sudden but temporary reductions in income—affect Black and Hispanic households more strongly than their white counterparts, as a result of the persistent racial…

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#Employers can’t afford to ax mature workers, say researchers

“#Employers can’t afford to ax mature workers, say researchers” Credit: Ingela Skullman/Pixabay In a new article in the Australian Journal of Management, researchers warn employers not to make hasty decisions in either dismissing or discounting the input of older workers. “Employers are well known for targeting mature workers when downsizing their workforce—but this might be…

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#Anger is all the rage on Twitter when it’s cold outside (and on Mondays)

“#Anger is all the rage on Twitter when it’s cold outside (and on Mondays)” by Heather R. Stevens, Ivan Charles Hanigan, Paul Beggs, Petra Graham, The Conversation </p><div> <div> <div data-src=”https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2020/angerisallth.jpg” data-sub-html=”Days with high angry tweet counts correlated with major news events. Credit: Shutterstock” data-thumb=”https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2020/angerisallth.jpg”> <figure><img alt=”Anger is all the rage on Twitter when it’s…

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#Scientists examine the impact of a very specific defect in DNA replication

“#Scientists examine the impact of a very specific defect in DNA replication” In certain forms of replication stress, an active checkpoint actually allows cells to divide, causing worse damage than if it were missing entirely. (Illustration/iStock) USC researchers peering deep inside a living cell have discovered something surprising: Its system for preventing genetic damage linked…

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#Researchers find new shape for hydrophobic molecules in water

“#Researchers find new shape for hydrophobic molecules in water” Credit: CC0 Public Domain The embedding of hydrophobic molecules in water looks quite different than previously assumed. In water, hydrophobic molecules are surrounded by a two different water populations: the inner shell forms a two-dimensional network of water molecules. The next layer is formed by a…

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