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Holiday flight prices climb 15 percent as travelers rebook strategy
Average airfare for domestic holiday trips this year is running 15 percent higher than last year, and international tickets are up 20…
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Sink full of 18 plates gets washed slowly by college students in a kitchen lab test, and the mindful scrubbers report 27 percent less nervousness afterward
A sink fills with warm water and the smell of dish soap rises in the steam.Eighteen plates and bowls wait in a…
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Young adults lead both joining and leaving online communities, Pew finds
Nearly four in ten US adults belong to an online community, but the youngest adults are driving both sides of that trend.…
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73 percent of parents say they text a grown child weekly, but fathers text barely half as often daily as mothers do
A phone buzzes on the kitchen counter before the coffee finishes brewing.It is not an emergency.It is a parent, checking in the…
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Seven in 10 Americans cut spending on extras, Pew finds
Seventy percent of US adults say they have cut back on spending for extras such as eating out, streaming services or other…
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A coffee machine chat eats nearly 2 hours of the average office worker’s day, and new accounting puts the national price tag at $1.5 trillion a year
A coffee pot gurgles in the break room while two coworkers linger over mugs, trading weekend plans instead of walking straight back…
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Survey finds most Americans unhappy with their commute options
A new national survey finds that most Americans, whether they drive, ride transit or have no reliable way to get around at…
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Office occupancy hits new high but only on three weekdays
Office occupancy across America's largest cities has climbed to one of its highest levels since the pandemic began, but the gains are…
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A weekly app seats five strangers at a $20 dinner table every Wednesday night, but researchers find real friendship needs dozens of paid sittings before it actually forms
A host seats five strangers at a reserved table, slides menus across the cloth, and says the same line she says every…
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Half of US adults say they spend too much time on phones, Pew finds
Just over half of American adults, 53%, say they spend too much time on their smartphone, according to a Pew Research Center…
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Nearly half of US adults try cutting phone use, most fail
Nearly half of US adults, 45%, say they tried to cut back on their smartphone use in the past year, but only…
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A server clears the extra chair from a table for one among 372 students surveyed, and new research finds solo eating by choice can bring calm, genuine enjoyment and higher satisfaction
A server slides a single plate onto a two top table, clears the extra chair, and leaves one set of silverware behind.No…