Caring for people's health is a prescription for protecting rainforests, slowing climate change and creating significant monetary value, according to a new Stanford-led study.
Environment
Oct 26, 2020
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Bad news, fans of rational political discourse: A study by an MIT researcher shows that attempts to debunk political rumors may only reinforce their strength.
Social Sciences
May 4, 2015
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A new study finds that children who received expanded Medicaid benefits in the 1980s and 1990s contributed more to the U.S. tax system as adults. They also were more likely to attend college and less likely to die prematurely ...
Economics & Business
Jan 12, 2015
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As many of us were reminded last summer when forest fires in Canada turned New York City's air to the color orange, air pollution is transported by the wind. Fortunately, here in the United States, the Commerce Clause of ...
Environment
Jan 3, 2024
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New research has shown that when considering how to move Canada's most vulnerable from unhoused to housed, the network of supports available within that housing is critical to its success.
Social Sciences
Jun 1, 2023
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With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, people were plunged into a situation that required them to acquire information about an emerging scientific issue to assess the adequacy of government actions and programs of significant ...
Education
Nov 7, 2022
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The story of climate change is one that people have struggled to tell convincingly for more than two decades. But it's not for lack of trying.
Environment
Sep 27, 2019
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Public policies rooted in racial resentment can carry grave consequences for health and well-being, according to new research by Vanderbilt psychiatrist and sociologist Jonathan Metzl. His findings, based on seven years of ...
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2019
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Party polarization is even worse than most people think, according to a new Michigan State University study.
Social Sciences
Oct 1, 2018
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New research shows companies cut funding for research and development in response to a tax imposed on medical devices as part of the Affordable Care Act.
Economics & Business
Jun 5, 2018
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