The rapid increase of opioid overdose deaths in rural communities across the country has far outpaced the overdose rate in urban areas, and an Iowa State University-led research team wants to know why.
Social Sciences
Aug 23, 2018
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Climate change looks set to slow productivity only in the world's poorest nations, according to new research from University of Sussex and La Sapienza economists.
Environment
Jul 24, 2018
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Putting policies in place that are designed to protect biodiversity but are based on only one key species 'value' could inadvertently put some of our best loved wildlife in jeopardy, new research has shown.
Ecology
May 3, 2018
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NASA and the nonprofit Conservation International are partnering to use global Earth observations from space to improve regional efforts that assess natural resources for conservation and sustainable management.
Environment
Feb 22, 2018
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"Artificial intelligence and robots will kill many jobs."
Business
Jan 26, 2018
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Facebook's plans for New Mexico now call for a half-billion-dollar investment and a data center that will span an area equal to 17 football fields.
Business
Jul 18, 2017
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Researchers at universities in Freiburg, Kiel and Berlin have discovered that the economic value of nature for a society is determined by, among other things, income inequality within the society. "Social justice and nature ...
Environment
May 31, 2017
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The available evidence indicates that economic sanctions are not effective tools for achieving specific policy goals in foreign nations. New research from North Carolina State University argues that increased military spending ...
Social Sciences
Feb 18, 2016
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An open letter posted on Monday by Internet freedom advocates called on governments to back tough encryption of digital data to keep people's information private.
Security
Jan 11, 2016
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New mathematics research has shown humans all around the world tend to be more positive than negative in their language.
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2015
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