Smoke from Australia's deadly recent bushfires is linked to an estimated 445 deaths and more than 4,000 hospitalisations over several months, a government inquiry heard Tuesday.
Environment
May 26, 2020
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The economic benefits of illegal immigration are greater than the costs of the public services utilized, according to an expert at Rice University's Baker Institute of Public Policy.
Economics & Business
May 18, 2020
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CABI has led a team of scientists on new research which reveals that a bug could relieve more than 2 million sufferers of allergies in Europe while also saving more than €1 billion in health costs.
Plants & Animals
Apr 21, 2020
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The labor market is changing rapidly with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
Economics & Business
Apr 20, 2020
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Reading is an important predictor of future academic performance in all subjects and through all levels of school. The World Literacy Organization notes that weak reading skills predict lower income levels as an adult, increased ...
Education
Feb 24, 2020
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A team of University of Illinois researchers estimated the mortality costs associated with air pollution in the U.S. by developing and applying a novel machine learning-based method to estimate the life-years lost and cost ...
Economics & Business
Jan 21, 2020
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As the EPA gets closer to finalizing changes to an Obama-era air pollution rule, a group of former agency advisers says the Trump administration's attempt to weaken the mercury emissions regulations is based on faulty and ...
Environment
Dec 5, 2019
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Never-ending campaigns, social media, 24-hour news cycles. Politics are impossible to escape, even for the casual observer.
Social Sciences
Sep 25, 2019
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Climate change is taking a huge toll on Americans' health, so much so that it could constitute a public health crisis, a new study by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the University of California, San Francisco ...
Environment
Sep 19, 2019
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A Southern California hospital spent $72 million on a building designed to do two things after an earthquake: stay standing and stay open.
Environment
Aug 4, 2019
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