Police violence deemed leading cause of death in men, Black men fare worst

The Louisville Courier Journal reported that of 130,999 traffic stops in Louisville from 2016 to 2018 where citations were given, African Americans were disproportionately stopped and three times as likely to be searched as white drivers. According to a new study on life expectancy and mortality within the nation, researchers found that excessive force by… Read More »

Healthcare organizations are modernizing data, moving to the cloud

Cloud migration and data modernization go hand in hand, according to new research by Deloitte. In a recently released report, “Data modernization and the cloud,” Deloitte Insights says no survey can definitively identify which is leading the migration—data modernization or cloud adoption. However, the study shows that almost all data management will involve modernization and… Read More »

Marvel’s ‘What If?’ Series Will See Peggy Carter Become Captain America

Of all the many, many Marvel projects in the works for streaming service Disney+ (Marvel and Disney announced another bunch of ’em last night), the one that intrigues us the most is Marvel’s What If…?. An animated series featuring cast members from the movies like Josh Brolin and Michael B Jordan, What If…? will re-tell… Read More »

How our genes and environment influence BMI and height

Environmental conditions influence our body mass index (BMI) by increasing or decreasing the effect of inherited genetic variations, University of Queenslandresearchers have discovered. A team led by Huanwei Wang and Professor Jian Yangfrom UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience found the opposite for human height – that the genetic effects that influence it are very stable from one environment to another. The… Read More »