Pandemic impacts on people everywhere brought a unique opportunity for social scientists to study and forecast changes in society. The Forecasting Collaborative was founded in 2020 by Dr. Igor Grossmann, associate professor ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown that zebrafish can provide genetic clues to the evolution of social behaviors in humans and domesticated species.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 3, 2023
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Even a relatively small nuclear war would create a worldwide food crisis lasting at least a decade in which hundreds of millions would starve, according to our new modeling published in Nature Food.
Environment
Aug 20, 2022
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A report from the UK's communications regulator Ofcom confirms children are avid social media users.
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2022
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Extreme weather has been the cause of some of the biggest public health crises across the world in recent years. In many cases, these have been enhanced by human-induced climate change. For instance, in 2003, high summer ...
Environment
Oct 28, 2021
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Humans are shaping environments at an accelerating rate. Indeed, one of the most important current topics of research is the capacity of animals to adapt to human-induced environmental change and how that change affects the ...
Ecology
Oct 19, 2021
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Changing people's behaviors is key to improving urban air quality, but it should be done in a way that involves the community, say researchers.
Environment
Oct 4, 2021
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In the opening panel of the National Summit on Women's Safety 2021, Professor Marcia Langton called for a separate national plan to address violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2021
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Because most environmental pressures come from people's behavior, environmental scientists are starting to work with behavioral scientists to explore how insights from behavior change interventions (developed to help people ...
Plants & Animals
May 21, 2021
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Three-fifths of the measures required to get to "net zero" emissions will require at least some degree of behavioral and social change, according to the UK government's climate advisers, the Committee on Climate Change. But ...
Environment
May 20, 2021
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