How to adapt to the impacts of climate change—and who should pay—was a key topic of debate at COP28. New research from the University of Oxford analyzes 8,000 government policies across 88 countries to reveal how COVID-19 ...
Environment
Feb 6, 2024
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An international team of researchers has found a possible link between having children and degrees of social conservatism in people. In their paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes ...
We've been living in a time of unprecedented global economic growth. Depressions, recessions and other dips in the economy notwithstanding, the last century has been unlike any other before in terms of overall Gross Domestic ...
Social Sciences
Nov 18, 2021
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When large-scale economic struggles hit a region, a country, or even a continent, the explanations tend to be big in nature as well.
Economics & Business
Apr 6, 2016
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Automatic spending cuts have hit America's science and research sectors especially hard, according to experts, who warn of potentially dire implications for the nation's overall competitiveness.
Other
Apr 5, 2013
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Purdue Pharma is inextricably linked with the opioid crisis.
Economics & Business
Oct 9, 2023
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From the early days of human space activity in the 1960s, missions to the moon have attracted significant global attention. India's recent success in landing the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on the moon was technically demanding ...
Economics & Business
Aug 31, 2023
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The space industry has changed dramatically since the Apollo program put men on the moon in the late 1960s.
Space Exploration
Aug 16, 2023
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Government officials can do the math and figure out how much taxation they need to cover everything from military defense to bridges, education and Medicare. The snag, as it's been for millennia, comes when they try to get ...
Economics & Business
May 26, 2023
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A number of service sectors were severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, including the catering, retail, tourism and entertainment industries. Globally, policy makers have introduced various initiatives to reinvigorate ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2022
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