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Multiple factors dictate how well we have, or have not, coped with Covid lockdowns:AgeEmploymentInfectionBut several studies suggest that our personalities also play a huge rolehttps://trib.al/UIMf2z2 Scholars break down personality t

Hawaii re-opened to tourists last year, and by mid-March the number of arriving domestic passengers exceeded 2020’s anemic levels by 400%.A surge in visitors is undoubtedly good for the state’s

Fifteen years ago, population growth was one of America’s core advantages because it had a high fertility rate close to the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman.Add copious immigration

The 2021 Oscar nominees should have cheered China, which has spent years craving artistic accolades and cultural plaudits to go with its military and economic might. Instead, Beijing gave the

It’s getting crowded up there, and awfully dangerous. By up there, we mean space — and not the far-off areas that concern astronomers and science fiction, but the closer orbits

If the price of Bitcoin were to reach $200,000, half of the world’s billionaires would be crypto billionaires.This crypto wealth has vast potential to reshape philanthropyhttps://trib.al/mTXkYLW Bitcoin itself is a

Compared to the Northeast, it's a very different pandemic down in Florida:The restaurants are fullThe stores are hoppingLots of people don't wear masksMany Floridians are acting as if the pandemic

With Americans staying home more than usual, and doing lots of baking and cooking to pass the time, 2020 has been an exceptional year for butterhttps://trib.al/TSszFD4 Butter production is up

Three of every four rural counties in the U.S. are in what the White House Coronavirus Task Force defines as a “red zone.”The virus is spreading out of control in

The world appears to be betting on hydrogen being the future of energy:U.K.: $664 millionEU: $550 billionChina, Japan and South Korea have also committed to huge amounts of spending on

In early November, 20,000 people marched out on the streets of Leipzig, Germany to protest coronavirus restrictions.Flouting all rules, about 90% of the marchers refused to wear maskshttps://trib.al/gObEgCM A similar

The strategies pursued by South Korea, Vietnam & China are paying off. As of Nov. 1, the cumulative death rate per million is:U.S.: 696U.K.: 685France: 563vs.South Korea: 9China: 3Vietnam: 0.36[Chart