The flight from urban areas that took place during the first year of the pandemic either reversed or slowed in its second year, as last year metropolitan areas in Texas and Florida boomed and declines in New York and Los ...
Economics & Business
May 18, 2023
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New research involving the University of Sydney Business School has found researchers underestimate the degree of uncertainty in their findings.
Economics & Business
Apr 28, 2023
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In the United States, public water systems are sometimes dosed with phosphate to reduce copper levels and lead pipe corrosion. This practice can help avert humanitarian disasters like the Flint water crisis, but because phosphorus ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 16, 2023
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Swallowing a pill only seems to make it disappear. In reality, the drug eventually leaves your body and flows into waterways, where it can undergo further chemical transformations. And these downstream products aren't dead ...
Environment
Jan 25, 2023
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The United Nations has identified improving the walkability and bikeability of cities as a key goal in efforts to reduce dependence on greenhouse gas–emitting automobiles and promote routine exercise for public health. ...
Environment
Nov 29, 2022
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A new model gives wildlife managers the ability to gather the necessary data in a matter of minutes
Ecology
Oct 18, 2022
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The U.S. experienced 15 disasters in the first nine months of 2022 that each caused at least US$1 billion in damage. Hurricane Ian is taking the largest toll of these disasters by far—but the extent of the damage could ...
Economics & Business
Oct 17, 2022
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Plants are designed to travel. They might not stand up and walk, but many plants produce seeds or other bits that can be carried long distances by wind or animals and start growing. While that might be great news for the ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 11, 2022
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For as long as the Salton Sea has faced the threat of ecological collapse, some local residents and environmentalists have advocated a radical cure for the deteriorating lake: a large infusion of ocean water.
Environment
Oct 6, 2022
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Friendswood, Texas, is the type of community that one might think of as a "best case scenario" when it comes to recovering from a disaster.
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2022
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