Three-quarters of Colorado prisons are likely to experience a natural disaster in the coming years, but due to aging infrastructure and outdated policies, many are ill-equipped to keep residents safe, suggests new University ...
Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2023
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People experiencing a high degree of social vulnerability are also more exposed to wildfires in Oregon and Washington as wildfire risk increases, a new study shows.
Environment
Sep 20, 2023
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The lenticular galaxy NGC 6684 bathes this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in a pale light. Captured with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys, this galaxy is around 44 million light-years from Earth in the ...
Astronomy
Aug 11, 2023
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Heads of organizations trying to get remote employees to return to the office may have a special challenge when it comes to their high-paid managers, according to new research by a Northeastern network science professor.
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2023
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Spinouts, or new ventures started by employees leaving a parent firm, often outperform other types of new firms. But a new study published in the Strategic Management Journal finds that when parent firms identify and implement ...
Economics & Business
Aug 3, 2023
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Being able to speak the dominant language wherever you are in the world has long been shown to be economically beneficial. This is particularly the case when you're looking for work.
Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2023
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A small team of economists from Harvard University, Sihlquai 10, Adliswil, Brown University, and the London Business School has found differences in education level attainment across Africa based at least in part on religion. ...
A team of researchers from the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) and Central European University (CEU) created more-detailed poverty maps using computational tools that bring together survey information, and data and images provided ...
Economics & Business
May 2, 2023
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Increasing women's representation in science, technology, engineering and math majors will reduce—but not nearly eliminate—gender disparities in STEM occupations, Cornell sociologists report in new research.
Social Sciences
May 2, 2023
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The Afro-Latino population in the U.S. has grown at nearly twice the rate of non-Black Latinos since the beginning of the century, and new UCLA research reveals complex social inequalities faced by Afro-Latinos—people who ...
Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2023
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