Recent images of downtown San Francisco—emptied of office workers now dialing in remote and filled with wandering homeless people—has struck fear for the future of urban areas. A Columbia University professor coined the ...
Environment
Aug 17, 2023
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Spain's eastern city of Valencia set a new temperature record on Thursday as the country baked under its third heat wave of the summer.
Environment
Aug 10, 2023
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Charities that provide social services such as medical care or after-school programs should consider emphasizing how their efforts can help their clients become more self-sufficient, my research findings suggest.
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2023
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Homeless people and their dogs have a mutually beneficial relationship, with the dogs providing critical support for their owners' emotional and mental health while owners make every effort to protect dogs and meet their ...
Veterinary medicine
Jul 25, 2023
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A Cornell-led study is the first to report national, annual rates of sheltered homelessness over time across race and ethnicity, and finds "staggering" disparities, showing Black and Indigenous Americans are far more likely ...
Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2023
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A year-long count of unhoused people in three hot-spot neighborhoods in Los Angeles has found that their numbers rose by an average of 18% over the period, despite periodic encampment cleanups and other efforts to address ...
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2023
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In 2017, the Scottish philosopher William MacAskill coined the name "longtermism" to describe the idea "that positively affecting the long-run future is a key moral priority of our time." The label took off among like-minded ...
Social Sciences
Dec 19, 2022
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For some families, holiday traditions may also include midnight mass, synagogue services and other religious rituals.
Social Sciences
Dec 19, 2022
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Californians sweltering in the West's lengthening heat wave were asked to reduce air conditioning and cut other electricity use again during critical hours Friday and again Saturday to prevent stress on the state's electrical ...
Environment
Sep 3, 2022
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While volunteering at an Indian orphanage in 1984, Dr. David Buck found his passion for helping those most in need during an encounter with the greatest humanitarian in human history—Mother Teresa. That unforgettable experience ...
Social Sciences
Aug 17, 2022
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