Digital Gems

The real problem with the Mercator projection

With pandemic restrictions easing, couples are making grand plans to get hitched. But their friends are fretting over the costs.

If you need to quit by Tuesday to give two weeks’ notice but your boss can't meet until Thursday, what are you supposed to do?

Farmers in the northern U.S. Plains are on track to harvest the smallest spring wheat crop in 33 years, reflecting the impact of severe drought in the key farming region, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Monday.

Whether you wait six weeks or six months, what's important is that you feel ready.

Expert advice on how to gently offer help and compassion.

Non-binary youth are more likely to attempt suicide when people don’t respect their pronouns.

The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

DaVita and Thiry are accused of two counts of violating the Sherman Act. Thiry faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

We document that Black-owned businesses tend to be more credit constrained than White-owned ones, leading to lower firm employment.

Thousands of university programs across the country are leaving students with big debts and skimpy incomes. Use this tool to see how your degree fares.

A lack of signs for many scientific terms impedes deaf people's entry into the sciences. Deaf scientists want to chip away at the barriers by developing more ASL signs for scientific terms.

Aircraft observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide and monoxide concentrations in Brazil show higher carbon emissions in eastern Amazonia than in the western part, which are linked to increased ecosystem stress and fire occurrence.

Influencers will be able to earn money by using specific Facebook and Instagram features or by hitting certain milestones.

We summarize five studies on issues facing the trucking workforce, including pay, working conditions and whether the labor market is broken.

Reading Time: 3 minutes At our recent digital drop-in, Digital Tools and Mental Health for the Latine/Latinx Community, we centered on the mental health…

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The pandemic led to unprecedented growth in US ecommerce sales. Even as sales growth returns to somewhat normal levels in 2021, total sales will far exceed our pre-pandemic estimates.

The e-commerce surge is driving a new paradigm for packaging. Find out how companies that produce corrugated boxes and other packaging materials are expanding their industrial real estate footprint to meet increased demand.

Women are increasingly playing the role of best friend, lover, and on-call therapist to their male partners.