A new study authored by University of Houston Law Center Professor Jim Hawkins and student Tiffany Penner and published in the Emory Law Journal indicates that the payday lending industry often targets Black and Latino communities ...
Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2021
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As a political issue, climate change splits mostly along ideological lines in the U.S.
Environment
Jun 9, 2016
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Tipping elements of the Earth system should be considered global commons, researchers argue in a new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2024
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An engineer works in the lab on a promising research project. He follows all the rules, works with the materials available to him and produces quality work. He never lies, cheats or steals. His research eventually results ...
Social Sciences
Feb 15, 2014
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About six months ago, Americans' belief in God hit an all-time low.
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2023
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A cloud-based repository that creates a digital fingerprint of engineered microorganisms has been successfully trialed.
Biotechnology
Feb 9, 2022
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Pandemic impacts on people everywhere brought a unique opportunity for social scientists to study and forecast changes in society. The Forecasting Collaborative was founded in 2020 by Dr. Igor Grossmann, associate professor ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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Seeing other people break rules can make us act out in ways that we wouldn't on our own. Applying this psychological concept to fields like conservation could help explain why social influence causes people to make decisions ...
Ecology
Aug 29, 2023
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Flooding in urban areas cost Americans more than $106 billion between 1960 and 2016, damaging property, disrupting businesses and claiming lives in the process. Determining which areas are most likely to flood amid ever-changing ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 30, 2022
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just over a century ago, one of the world’s leading mathematicians posed this question to a number of his colleagues: What are the most important unsolved questions in mathematics?
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2010
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