Migrants arrested for tending plants in the flats, houses and attics where cannabis is grown in bulk are often victims of trafficking and "debt bondage"—yet many are not recognized as such by police, according to a new ...
Social Sciences
Sep 15, 2020
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The phrase "every disaster movie begins with a scientist being ignored" resonates more than ever as two disasters unfold: the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. One is occurring with horrifying rapidity and one more slowly; ...
Environment
Jul 31, 2020
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Online health information is deemed doubly less trustworthy if the text includes both "shouting" and spelling errors together, according to a new study at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS).
Social Sciences
Jun 10, 2020
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The near ubiquitous penetration of mobile phones among smallholder farmers in developing countries has enabled a powerful new tool for dispensing agricultural advice to farmers. Low acquisition and marginal costs make digital ...
Environment
Dec 12, 2019
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New analysis by the UK Trade Policy Observatory is warning that what should have been the technical formality of transferring EU powers into national law when the UK leaves the European Union, could instead open the gates ...
Ecology
May 15, 2019
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A paper recently published in New Political Economy by a team of academics led by Hulya Dagdeviren, Professor of Economic Development, University of Hertfordshire, concludes that austerity measures over the past decade, especially ...
Economics & Business
Feb 12, 2019
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For chronic pain sufferers, it may be smart to let sleeping dogs lie, a new University of Alberta study suggests.
Social Sciences
Oct 16, 2018
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Both academic researchers and practitioners know that behavioural biases can drive household financial decisions away from standard finance models, and that people don't always follow the professional advice they receive. ...
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2018
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The scientific community needs to listen more to people outside academia if it wants to continue to help politicians create good evidence-based policies that will benefit the public, a conference has heard.
Social Sciences
Jul 12, 2018
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People considering quitting their jobs stop supporting current colleagues because they no longer feel they need to do favours for them, research shows.
Social Sciences
Apr 16, 2018
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