To understand America's response to the coronavirus pandemic, researchers started with data from more than 200 years ago—at the American frontier.
Political science
Jul 7, 2020
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President Donald Trump's recent comments blaming forest managers for catastrophic California wildfires have been met with outrage and ridicule from the wildland fire and forestry community. Not only were these remarks insensitive ...
Environment
Nov 20, 2018
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The majority of U.S. states have passed laws preserving state authority over firearms policies—and preventing local communities from passing their own—but at the same time have refrained from enacting statewide gun-control ...
Social Sciences
May 21, 2021
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While Huawei's founder brushes aside a US ban against his company, the telecom giant's employees have been less sanguine, confessing fears for their future in online chat rooms.
Business
May 26, 2019
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13
Climate policy is most effective when it helps people use alternative energy sources, rather than when it makes fossil energy more expensive, argue Anthony Patt and Johan Lilliestam.
Environment
Jan 24, 2019
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When natural disasters strike, women and girls tend to experience disproportionate challenges and heightened risks.
Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2023
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Two decades into the digital age, the Internet is now "enmeshed in the fabric of nearly every aspect of life," says University of Illinois communication professor Robert McChesney. In ongoing debates about its influence and ...
Social Sciences
Mar 14, 2013
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Elke Weber became a research psychologist with cross-training in business so that she could investigate how individuals approach financial risks. But a chance opportunity at her first faculty job, at the University of Illinois ...
Environment
Sep 3, 2022
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Switzerland is the happiest country in the world, closely followed by Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada, according to a global ranking of happiness unveiled in New York on Thursday.
Social Sciences
Apr 23, 2015
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In most of its habitats, the heavily trafficked pangolin's biggest threat comes from humans. But in Taiwan, the scaly mammals brave a different danger: a surging feral dog population.
Ecology
Sep 25, 2022
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