When record-breaking heat waves cause train tracks to bend, airport runways to buckle, and roads to melt, as happened in the United Kingdom last month, it is likely that business performance will suffer.
Economics & Business
Aug 5, 2022
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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Friday striking down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade and 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey rulings, foreshadowed in a rare leak last month, is likely to have wide, but varying, effects nationally, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 27, 2022
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45
Federal officials say the FBI's database of people prohibited from purchasing firearms only works if it has "complete, accurate and timely information."
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2022
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"21 dead in Texas elementary school shooting."
Social Sciences
Jun 1, 2022
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A dramatic decline in bees and other pollinating insects presents a threat to the global food supply, yet it's getting little attention in mainstream news.That's the conclusion of a study from researchers at the University ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2021
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If a candidate wins the presidency in the electoral college but loses the popular vote in 2020—a repeat of what happened in 2000 and in 2016—the damage to Americans' faith in the election process would be substantial, ...
Political science
Oct 1, 2020
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Newspaper coverage of COVID-19 is at least as politicized and polarized as climate change coverage, say University of Michigan researchers.
Political science
Sep 2, 2020
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Usher and Ng, journalism professors at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, identified nine clusters of journalists or "communities of practice" in their study, published online by the journal Social Media + Society.
Social Sciences
Aug 5, 2020
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Concern about the politicization of climate change news is not new, but coverage of the issue over the last three decades has shifted.
Political science
Mar 12, 2020
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Almost 30 people have died and thousands of homes have burned as wildfires have rampaged through Australia, but it is the wildlife that has borne the biggest brunt of the devastation.
Plants & Animals
Jan 24, 2020
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