Just as mathematics reveals the motions of the stars and the rhythms of nature, it can also shed light on the more mundane decisions of everyday life. Where to park your car, for example, is the subject of a new look at a ...
Mathematics
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Jesse Keenan, a social scientist at Harvard University, who also specializes in climate risk and adaptation strategies, is publicly calling out climate services technology (CST) firms for their questionable methodologies. ...
The drone strike on Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure has highlighted the fragile and interconnected relationship between crude oil supply and the global economy, with new research bringing these economic ties into greater ...
Economics & Business
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Archaeologists in northern Greece have explored more than 200 new graves in a vast ancient cemetery that was plundered in antiquity but still retained rich finds, including a gold mask and bronze helmets.
Archaeology & Fossils
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One of the key demands of the UK's school climate-strike movement is that more attention is paid to climate change in the curriculum. To help address this, researchers at Oxford's Environmental Change Institute and Department ...
Education
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Consumers don't seem to mind paying sales taxes on things like food and clothing. Marijuana may be a different story.
Economics & Business
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There is nothing wrong with strong opinions. They are healthy in a democracy—an apathetic electorate is an ineffective electorate.
Social Sciences
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Storytelling that educates and entertains—aka "edutainment"—is a powerful communications tool that can lead to positive health-related changes among multicultural millennials, according to a new marketing study from Baylor ...
Social Sciences
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In a world where on-demand 3-D printing is the norm, companies will face a choice between keeping spare parts on hand and printing them only when needed.
Economics & Business
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Women are quicker to take cover or prepare to evacuate during an emergency, but often have trouble convincing the men in their life to do so, suggests a new CU Boulder study of how gender influences natural disaster response.
Social Sciences
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