When a politician we like supports a COVID-19 policy, we tend to support it. But when a political foe endorses the exact same plan, we tend to oppose it, according to new University of Colorado Boulder research forthcoming ...
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2022
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Wide disagreement remains among U.S. experts who study gun policy issues, with differing opinions about how much individual policies may reduce gun violence and other harms caused by firearms, according to a new RAND Corporation ...
Social Sciences
Nov 30, 2021
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Running water and indoor plumbing are so central to modern life that most Americans take them from granted. But these services aren't free, and millions struggle to afford them. A 2019 survey found that U.S. households in ...
Economics & Business
Nov 29, 2021
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In a new paper, a group of leading researchers and policy experts argue that improving and enriching existing policy analysis methods – including costs and benefits among multiple other factors such as uncertainty, resilience ...
Environment
Sep 14, 2021
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With the prospect of a lengthier lockdown looming over Sydney, the idea of "living with the virus" has resurfaced.
Economics & Business
Jul 9, 2021
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Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in California. In order to achieve the state's goals of carbon neutrality by 2045 and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, decarbonizing this sector is ...
Environment
Apr 23, 2021
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To slow the spread of COVID-19 for the past year, public health experts have urged people to wear masks and practice social distancing. But in the United States, many people have ignored those recommendations, and some businesses ...
Social Sciences
Apr 8, 2021
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The biggest emitter of planet-warming pollution managed to take almost the whole world by surprise. In a September speech to the United Nations, Chinese President Xi Jinping put a 2060 end date on his country's contribution ...
Environment
Nov 23, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic is confronting every level of the U.S. economy with an unprecedented challenge, and the government must mount a sustained, ambitious economic response lasting months and perhaps years, UC Berkeley economists ...
Economics & Business
Apr 13, 2020
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The crime of human trafficking—defined by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as modern-day slavery that "involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act—is notoriously ...
Machine learning & AI
Apr 9, 2019
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