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Archaeology Jun 21, 2024

Study challenges popular idea that Easter islanders committed 'ecocide'

Some 1,000 years ago, a small band of Polynesians sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific to settle one of the world's most isolated places—a small, previously uninhabited island they named Rapa Nui. There, they erected ...

Environment Jun 20, 2024

Research review offers insights for transforming the food sector

We're facing rising food insecurity, the cost-of-living squeeze, and ever-changing climate events. It's no wonder our food systems are in urgent need of a reboot.

Social Sciences Jun 19, 2024

'Risks of nuclear terrorism are high and growing.' New tools, alliances, renewed focus needed, experts say

For roughly 80 years, the United States has managed the threat of nuclear terrorism through nonproliferation treaties, agency programs, intelligence activities, international monitoring support and more, withstanding the ...

Agriculture Jun 19, 2024

Study reveals market-ready beef cattle maintain meat quality on low-input diets for as long as 60 days

A new study led by the Virginia Tech's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences reveals that market-ready steers can maintain meat quality and yield even when fed lower-cost, low-input maintenance diets for longer periods ...

Social Sciences Jun 17, 2024

Poll: Majority of Americans say key COVID-19 policies were a good idea—but views of individual policies vary

A majority of Americans say that several key policies to stop the spread of COVID-19 were generally a good idea in hindsight, according to a new national poll by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the de Beaumont ...

Economics & Business Jun 11, 2024

Humanitarian organizations showed flexibility and grit during COVID supply chain disruptions, study finds

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it sent shock waves across global supply chains. But manufacturers and other businesses weren't the only ones hit hard: local and international aid organizations, tasked with providing humanitarian ...

Economics & Business Jun 9, 2024

Who's better off and who's worse off four years on from the outbreak of COVID? The financial picture might surprise you

A lot has happened to the economy since COVID struck, and reading the economic tea leaves has become more difficult.

Economics & Business Jun 5, 2024

Minimum pricing for alcohol helped curb demand during COVID lockdown, finds UK study

Minimum pricing can be very effective in reducing demand for cheap high-strength alcohol amid concerns about affordability fueling problematic drinking, according to a study on the impact of the measure during the COVID lockdown.

Social Sciences May 30, 2024

Misleading COVID-19 headlines from mainstream sources did more harm on Facebook than fake news, study finds

Since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, fake news on social media has been widely blamed for low vaccine uptake in the United States—but research by MIT Sloan School of Management Ph.D. candidate Jennifer Allen ...

Education Jun 12, 2024

Norwegian boys dislike school more than any other group, finds study

For the most part, Norwegian girls enjoy going to school, whereas boys exhibit a marked dislike of the school setting. One of the problems is that boys experience school as unfair.

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