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Social Sciences Apr 24, 2024

Half our colleagues suffer pain and discomfort from periods—but they're still a taboo subject at work

Have you ever felt sick at work? Perhaps you had food poisoning or the flu. Your belly hurt, or you felt tired, making it hard to concentrate and be productive.

Economics & Business Mar 12, 2024

Q&A: How Instagram influencers profit from anti-vaccine misinformation

While Instagram might have a reputation for superficiality—a realm of exquisitely filtered images—it is now eclipsing other social media as a news source. The platform is increasingly filled with information, some of ...

Social Sciences Feb 28, 2024

Researcher: The true cost of food is far higher than what you spend at the checkout counter

After several years of pandemic-driven price spikes at the grocery store, retail food price inflation is slowing down. That's good news for consumers, especially those in low-income households, who spend a proportionally ...

Environment Dec 12, 2023

California wants farms to capture methane from cow manure. Neighbors say it's killing them

At a massive dairy farm in the San Joaquin Valley, nearly 14,000 Holstein cows crane their necks through feeding stalls and gnaw leisurely on alfalfa.

Other Nov 17, 2023

California scientists seek higher pay in 3-day strike drawing thousands of picketers

More than 1,000 state scientists in California took to the picket line Thursday on day two of a three-day strike, calling for higher wages for work they say often goes unrecognized in a state that sets environmental policy ...

Environment Oct 26, 2023

Nearly 40 years later, one of Colorado's longest-running Superfund sites still has no radioactive waste cleanup plan

Jeri Fry was six years old when she toured the uranium mill outside town where her dad worked.

Veterinary medicine Oct 25, 2023

Concerns over pet food and vet costs affordability are as old as pet keeping itself

Ever since domestic companion animals first became popular in the west, people's ability to provide for their health care needs has been closely linked to their own economic situation. In October 2022, the British animal ...

Environment Oct 14, 2023

The toll of heat deaths in the Phoenix area soars after the hottest summer on record

The toll of heat-associated deaths in Arizona's most populous county—still being tallied after the area's hottest summer ever recorded—has soared over 360, alarming public health officials who say the final count will ...

Economics & Business Sep 28, 2023

New report adds heat to 'Leveling Up' debate by revealing England's most 'insecure' regions

Accessing stable employment with fair pay and predictable hours is harder for workers in the North and Midlands, which can severely affect their living standards, health, and future job prospects.

Environment Sep 20, 2023

Southern California has the worst smog in the nation. So how do major polluters avoid paying fines?

A coalition of environmental organizations has accused Southern California air regulators of allowing heavy emitters of smog-forming pollution to avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in federally mandated financial penalties.

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