WhatsApp is already the most popular way to message friends and family outside the U.S.—and it's beginning to challenge iMessage's blue bubble supremacy within the States.

Collabstr analyzed data from Pew Research and DataReportal to illustrate WhatsApp's grip on internet users outside of the U.S. The analysis uses the World Bank's country...Read more

The U.S. beats out other countries in many categories—and, increasingly, obesity is one of them.

Live It Up used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to explore this public health problem and better understand long-term obesity trends in American children and adults. Rates were determined using the National Health and ...Read more

Strong sales talent can make or break a company in an economy where consumers have unlimited options.

Sales workers are among the most common in the country, with 8.8% of workers nationally employed in sales and related occupations. In six states, sales workers comprise more than 1 in 10 jobs. Sales jobs encompass a wide range of professions...Read more

Few daily frustrations are as annoying, expensive, and sometimes downright dangerous as vehicular traffic. And it's only getting worse.

Migration, population increases, development, and urban sprawl have increased traffic volume in nearly every state. In many areas, public transportation is underfunded or nonexistent, leaving residents ...Read more

When was the last time you took hotel bed height into account when making vacation plans? Or have you ever had to consider which hiking trails you could reach without climbing a curb?

Whether or not these factors cross your mind, accessibility has long posed significant questions within the travel industry. accessiBe researched the ...Read more

As a new school year begins, students are still struggling to achieve grade-level proficiency in reading and math, compounding the learning loss during school closures at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

HeyTutor analyzed news reports and academic research to see how learning loss during the coronavirus pandemic might impact students ...Read more

New moms are trending older—and have been for decades.

Those giving birth in 2022 averaged older than 29, and those having their first child weren't far behind at about 27 years old. That's up five and six years, respectively, from 1970, according to National Center for Health Statistics data.

Using this data, Northwell Health partnered...Read more

Americans have been having fewer and fewer babies since 1957, with fertility rates dropping by more than half—and as a result, the country's population is quickly growing older.

In terms of reproductive rights, declining fertility rates are a sign of successful advocacy. From an economic perspective, however, a healthy birth rate is ...Read more

When the competition for talent is fierce, employers need to find ways to improve staff retention and be attractive to potential employees.

Professional development can be a win-win benefit—employees develop skills they need to achieve their career goals, while companies improve efficiency and stay on top of changes in technology and the ...Read more

When will we see an emotional support pig on an airplane again? When pigs fly, according to the policies of major airlines ever since the Department of Transportation declassified emotional support animals as service animals.

The change, issued on Dec. 2, 2020, limited the definition of a service animal to dogs specially trained to perform a...Read more

No garment has shown the difficult history of society's relationship with the female body quite like swimwear. To add insult to injury—from the Roman baths to Naomi Campbell yachting on the Mediterranean—Western humankind is making progress toward exactly where it started: acceptance of the bare female body.

The in-between is where it ...Read more

"What serves my children best is play-based learning that allows kids the space to learn in the place where they learn best. Play is the language of students, it's where they're the experts and it's where they're able to have a lot of fun and have a lot of joy, but also develop the critical executive functioning skills that determine life ...Read more

The American sports betting boom is a freight train hurtling down the track. Despite increasing calls for regulation, there's no sign it will slow down as states in on the action continue raking in absurd sums. With climbing revenue, tax revenues climb too.

According to the American Gaming Association, in the first quarter of 2024, gamblers ...Read more

Of the 12 astrological signs, Leo is the most likely to use "party" as a verb. The charismatic folks born under this sun sign love good times and can draw crowds with their charm, humor, and love of decadence and display. Born at the height of the summer—at least in the northern hemisphere—Leos are magnetic, radiant, and know how to play.

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"I've heard that, recently, I've been on the [TikTok] 'For You' page, so I thought I would get on here myself." Within nine hours, the eight-second video accumulated 7 million views, 1.7 million likes, and 67,300 comments. Mere days after becoming the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris made her own personal account on ...Read more

A framed Taylor Swift autograph, meditation crystals, and a leaf that's "much needed": The makings of someone's #bestdayever? Not quite. These are just a small sample of the oddest items left in Ubers.

Tile referenced Uber's Lost & Found Index to identify the most common items left behind in Ubers—and showcase some of the stranger items ...Read more

Summertime can mean many things: vacations, lazy days at home, and ice-cold sweet treats, but definitely not schoolwork.

Many kids eagerly await summer during the school year, hungry to take an extended break. Parents, too, might feel the same, excited about extra time with their children, but not without worrying all the free time could ...Read more

Summer 2024 has already been record-meltingly hot, and it's not over yet—meteorologists predict that August is going to be even warmer. Part of the extreme heat this summer has to do with a long period of El Niño. These are conditions that make the surface waters in the eastern Pacific warmer—and bring with it warmer land temperatures, too...Read more

The U.S. airline industry is facing questions about safety after a string of concerning events this year.

The most notorious occurred on Jan. 5, when a door plug blew out of a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane midair on an Alaska Airlines flight. Even though the plane landed safely and no one was injured, the incident caused concern about the safety of...Read more

Cybersecurity threats are the norm in today's business environment.

According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, 2023 was a record year for cyberattacks in the U.S., with over3,200 data breaches reported, up from1,800 in 2022. Drata broke down how threats compare in office and remote settings, as well as how businesses can stay protected...Read more