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Other Sep 7, 2023

UK rejoins key European science program after post-Brexit row

Britain and the EU said on Thursday they had struck a pact to allow British scientists back into the world's largest civilian science research program after being frozen out in a post-Brexit row.

Social Sciences Sep 5, 2023

Police-academic partnerships could help tackle the crime of coercive control

In 2020, calls to defund the police echoed a longstanding argument in critical criminology in favor of police abolition.

Environment Aug 23, 2023

Clean-energy transition will hurt some communities more than others, so inclusive policy and investments are crucial

Thanks largely to the Inflation Reduction Act, U.S. policy has finally become a force in the clean-energy transition. By one estimate, the $369 billion law has already created more than 140,000 jobs in the renewable energy ...

Social Sciences Jul 27, 2023

Data from Facebook, Instagram study on 2020 presidential election released

The Social Media Archive at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research has released data focusing on the impact of Facebook and Instagram on key political attitudes during the U.S. 2020 elections.

Social Sciences Jul 18, 2023

Interracial relationships don't always make people less racist

The landmark United States Supreme Court ruling in Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia abolished bans on interracial marriage in the United States in 1967, but a new academic paper from Rice University and Texas A&M University ...

Social Sciences Jul 7, 2023

Community connection key to success for teachers at rural and regional public schools: Australian Report

Research conducted by academics from the University of New South Wales' Gonski Institute for Education, in partnership with the University of Canberra and Social Ventures Australia, has identified pathways to better outcomes ...

Environment Jul 5, 2023

The forgotten Amazon: As a critical summit nears, politicians must get serious about deforestation in Bolivia

When asked to situate the world's most iconic rainforest on a map, most people will pinpoint Brazil. And given the intense media coverage of the country's deforestation and fires—concerns reached a peak under former president ...

Environment Jun 29, 2023

Smaller-than-average harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie

NOAA and its research partners, including the University of Michigan, are forecasting that western Lake Erie will experience a smaller-than-average harmful algal bloom this summer, which would make it less severe than 2022.

Environment Jun 23, 2023

Study highlights six tools for decolonizing climate research

Climate change is often framed as a scientific problem that requires technical solutions, but Indigenous activists and other leaders have long called for it to be recognized as a social crisis, too. Past and current fossil ...

Social Sciences Jun 23, 2023

Preventing and addressing violence in Canadian schools: Four priorities as educators plan for next year

Farewell to another school year. In Ontario, after a return to full activities with academics, clubs and teams after pandemic shutdowns, it seems that schools were constantly in the news for negative reasons.

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