Between 5 and 21% emission reductions: this is the empirically measured effect of carbon pricing systems in their first few years of operation. A research team now identifies these findings for 17 real-world climate policies ...
Environment
May 16, 2024
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Political affinity could influence how some people view the skin tone of biracial political candidates, according to a new study from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, New York University ...
Social Sciences
Nov 24, 2009
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As the presidential election campaign heats up, media coverage suggests Americans are hopelessly divided and headed for a difficult fall—perhaps also a tense January.
Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2024
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A study from the University of Twente has revealed insights into the corporate world's approach to achieving net-zero emissions. The findings are published in the journal Climate Policy.
Environment
Jun 11, 2024
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Researchers from Denmark, Germany, and Sweden are sounding the alarm. In a recently published research paper, they highlight the challenges faced by harbor porpoises in Danish coastal waters and in the western part of the ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2024
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Most Americans believe political discourse has grown coarser in recent years, as old taboos against publicly cursing and attacking an opponent's family have fallen away. Politicians and their supporters call critics and opponents ...
Political science
Oct 31, 2023
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Scientists surveyed 600 Dutch people on what they think and believe about certain topics and how that affects their opinions on science. Specifically, it involved what they thought about nanotechnology, human genome editing ...
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2023
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When former Vice President Mike Pence declared, in a speech to a conservative group, that "democracy depends on heavy doses of civility," several attendees stood up and walked out of the Georgetown University auditorium.
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2022
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"Sports are the last unifying cultural feature in America," says Alex Tolkin, a joint doctoral student in political science and communication who recently gave a Penn Grad Talk titled "Field of (American) Dreams: Sports and ...
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2022
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Deaths related to COVID-19 and the impacts of long COVID are two of the main themes revealed in the latest TIGER C19 social media analysis.
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2022
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