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A new study from The Ohio State University has found that appealing photos of menu items may likely increase sales of those items. The photos, especially those with vibrant colors, increase diners’ willingness to order the menu items, researchers found. Not only may the color saturation, which refers to the intensity of the color in [...]
GARRETT, Ky. (AP) — This tiny sliver of a town off a state highway in eastern Kentucky has been home to Brenda Francis and her husband, Paul, for decades. Paul Francis was born 73 years ago in this house, a yellow and brown one-story home, which, like many dwellings in Garrett, is nestled in a [...]
CHICAGO (AP) — On a recent morning inside Chalmers School of Excellence on Chicago's West Side, five preschool and kindergarten students finished up drawings. Four staffers, including a teacher and a tutor, chatted with them about colors and shapes. The summer program offers the kind of one-on-one support parents love, but behind the scenes, Principal [...]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Difficulties in finding affordable child care cost Enoshja Ruffin her job three years ago. The mother of six was let go from her position as a counselor for kids with cerebral palsy after she missed three shifts because she had trouble finding babysitters. After three months on a waiting list, though, [...]
GLEN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Concealed behind trees near Lake Michigan, two scientists remotely manipulated a robotic owl on the forest floor. As the intruder flapped its wings and hooted, a merlin guarding its nest in a nearby pine darted overhead, sounding high-pitched, rapid-fire distress calls. The small falcon dove toward the enemy — and [...]
It’s likely dogs do more for their human counterparts than even the most ardent canine lover knows. Researchers from The Ohio State University say a safer neighborhood may be added to the list of benefits our furry friends provide. In high-trust Columbus neighborhoods — those in which residents believe they can trust their neighbors to [...]
While some workers return to the office this year, many others continue to work remotely indefinitely. This seismic shift has changed where people live and work and, increasingly, how they travel. In the first quarter of 2022, nearly 25 percent of job postings at the 50,000 largest companies in the United States and Canada were [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government hopes a new website can help people and local governments beat the increasingly deadly heat of a warming world. Days after nearly half the country — an estimated 154.6 million people — sweated through a blistering heat wave, the Biden administration July 26 unveiled heat.gov, which includes maps, forecasts [...]
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Biden administration this week said the government will plant more than 1 billion trees across millions of acres of burned and dead woodlands in the West, as officials struggle to counter the increasing toll on the nation’s forests from wildfires, insects and weather. Destructive fires in recent years that burned too [...]
The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business has received a $279,000 Title VI Center for International Business Education and Research grant from the U.S. Department of Education. CIBER grants provide universities with resources to increase and promote the nation’s capacity for international business understanding and competitiveness, according to the Department of Education. Funding for [...]