Canada has been dealing with an innovation problem for decades. We are currently ranked 15th in the Global Innovation Index (GII) following Japan, France, Finland and Singapore. Switzerland is ranked first.
Economics & Business
Feb 17, 2023
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Headaches and lingering chemical smells from a fiery train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, have left residents worried about their air and water—and misinformation on social media hasn't helped.
Environment
Feb 16, 2023
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Emily Van Duyn is a professor of communication at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and co-wrote recent studies that examined the effects of labeling information "fake news" on public perceptions of journalists' ...
Social Sciences
Jan 12, 2023
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People who consume a lot of news on social media are more likely to be skeptical of COVID-19 vaccines and also more hesitant about getting vaccinated, according to our newly published research. But we found that social media ...
Social Sciences
Nov 3, 2022
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Can people's individual actions make a difference in how much carbon dioxide is emitted on an international scale? International organizations like the United Nations have called on individuals to limit their carbon footprint ...
Environment
Nov 2, 2022
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Andrea Joseph-McCatty is an assistant professor at the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. Her research examines disproportional school suspensions and, in particular, the ways in which inequity impacts ...
Education
Sep 1, 2022
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Ever since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global public health emergency in January 2020, there's been a need for studies that help explain what people understand by public health messages.
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2022
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No one wants their geographic region to be associated with a deadly disease. Unfortunately, this has happened in the past with diseases such as "German measles," "Spanish flu" and "Asiatic cholera."
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2022
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The blue skies greeting Olympic athletes here this month are a stark change from just a decade ago when the city's choking air pollution was dubbed an "Airpocalypse" and blamed for scaring off tourists.
Environment
Feb 8, 2022
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We are now producing more food more efficiently than ever, and there is plenty to go around for a human population of 7 billion. But it is coming at a drastic cost in environmental degradation, and the bounty is not reaching ...
Environment
Jan 10, 2022
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