Science & Society News
April 27, 2024
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Apr. 18, 2024 — Land subsidence is overlooked as a hazard in cities, according to new research. Scientists used satellite data that accurately and consistently maps land movement across ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy is already committed to an income reduction of 19% until 2050 due to climate change, a new study finds. These ...
Mar. 6, 2024 — A new study provides a new comprehensive look at the potential for flooding in a combined 32 cities along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts. It predicts as many as 500,000 people will be affected by flooding alongside 1 in 35 privately owned ...
Feb. 5, 2024 — For more than 50 years, the National Hurricane Center has used the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to communicate the risk of property damage; it labels a hurricane on a scale from Category 1 (wind speeds between 74 -- 95 mph) to Category 5 (wind speeds of ...
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Apr. 24, 2024 — A new way of quickly distinguishing between illegal elephant ivory and legal mammoth tusk ivory could prove critical to fighting the illegal ivory trade. A laser-based approach could be used by ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — An ongoing research aims to create adaptable safety systems for highly automated off-road mobile machinery to meet industry needs. Research has ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Countries with limited potential for renewables could save up to 20 percent of costs for green steel and up to 40 percent for green chemicals from ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A new national survey finds a broad majority of parents experience isolation, loneliness and burnout from the demands of parenthood, with many feeling a lack of support in fulfilling that ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Companies' emissions reduction targets should not be the sole measure of corporate climate ambition, according to a new perspective ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study. ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A multidisciplinary research team has combined ancient DNA data with a clear archaeological, anthropological and historical context to reconstruct the social dynamics of Avar-period steppe descent ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A new survey has found that for residents living within three miles of a large-scale solar development, positive attitudes outnumbered negative attitudes by almost a 3-to-1 margin. Researchers ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers have created a coastal evolution model to analyze how coastal management activities on barrier islands, meant to adapt to sea-level rise, ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — An assistant professor conducted a study in which he lived among one of the poorest, most marginalized communities in Seoul, South Korea. In the ...
Earlier Headlines
Apr. 24, 2024 — A university professor has found a way to help students -- and himself -- power through long lecture classes: exercise breaks. A new study showed that five-minute exercise sessions during lectures ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A computer game helped upper secondary school students become better at distinguishing between reliable and misleading ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A team of researchers found that long-tie connections accelerate the speed of social ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A new study highlights the lasting financial impact of a cancer diagnosis for many working-age adults and their families in the United States. It shows a cancer diagnosis and the time required for ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A new study finds that 'sunny day flooding,' which occurs during high tides, increases the levels of fecal bacteria in coastal waters. While the elevated bacteria levels in the coastal ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Scientists have completed a crucial weapons component development milestone, prior to full rate ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Sure, ChatGPT can write a poem about your pet in the style of T.S Eliot, but generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have a potentially more useful role to play in idea generation according ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Though life goals change over time, a study of teen goals indicates that goals of education and high prestige can drive ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Observers of Japanese early childhood education and care have pointed to the mindset of educators watching over and waiting on preschoolers as being an intriguing tendency. This mimamoru approach has ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — A sensing technology that can assess the quality of components in fields such as aerospace could transform UK ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Primary health care, conditional cash transfers and social pensions have prevented 1.4 million deaths of all ages in Brazil over the past two decades, according to a new study. If expanded, these ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — As early adopters of electric vehicles (EVs) trade up for the latest models, the used EV market is beginning to mature in the United States. Yet many potential buyers, particularly low-income ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — New research shows that leaders who take the time to reflect on receiving gratitude from family members can enhance their leadership effectiveness in the ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — Climate change will increase the future value of residential rooftop solar panels across the United States by up to 19% by the end of the century, according to a new ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — A geo-environmental scientist from Japan has composed a string quartet using sonified climate data. The 6-minute-long composition -- entitled 'String Quartet No. 1 'Polar Energy ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — The EU wants to ensure greater sustainability in agricultural trade with the Global South -- with the aim of minimizing the environmental and climate-damaging effects of importing crops such as soya, ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — The US saw a 22% decline in rates of prescription-opioid overdose related emergency department (ED) visits in children 17 and younger between 2008 and 2019, but an uptick in the early part of the ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Pioneering study reveals that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius could reduce the global economic costs of climate change by two thirds. If warming continues to 3 degrees Celsius, global ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Gender stereotypes mean that girls can be celebrated for their emotional openness and maturity in school, while boys are seen as likely to mask their emotional distress through silence or disruptive ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Scientists have developed a framework for measuring plastic emissions akin to the global standard for measuring greenhouse gas emissions. The approach boosts identification of the biggest ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- A University Lecture, With a Dash of Jumping Jacks
- Computer Game in School Made Students Better at Detecting Fake News
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Infected: Understanding the Spread of Behavior
- New Study Uncovers Lasting Financial Hardship Associated With Cancer Diagnosis for Working-Age Adults in the U.S.
- 'Sunny Day Flooding' Increases Fecal Contamination of Coastal Waters
- Major Milestone Reached for Key Weapons Component
- Hey Dave, I've Got an Idea for You: What's the Potential of AI-Led Workshopping?
Monday, April 22, 2024
- Life Goals and Their Changes Drive Success
- Japan's Premodern Concept of Nature at Root of Distinctive Mindset in Early Childhood Education
- New Sensing Checks for 3D Printed Products Could Overhaul Manufacturing Sector
- Social Programs Save Millions of Lives, Especially in Times of Crisis
Friday, April 19, 2024
- The Biggest Barrier to a Vibrant Second-Hand EV Market? Price
- How Reflecting on Gratitude Received from Family Can Make You a Better Leader
- Climate Change Will Increase Value of Residential Rooftop Solar Panels Across US, Study Shows
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Data-Driven Music: Converting Climate Measurements Into Music
- More Sustainability in Global Agricultural Trade
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- New Data Identifies Trends in Accidental Opioid Overdoses in Children
- Substantial Global Cost of Climate Inaction
- Gender Stereotypes in Schools Impact on Girls and Boys With Mental Health Difficulties, Study Finds
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Scientists Develop Framework to Measure Plastic Emissions and Bolster U.N. Efforts to Reduce Pollution
- Study Reveals How Humanity Could Unite to Address Global Challenges
- Fires Pose Growing Worldwide Threat to Wildland-Urban Interface
- Florida Wildlife Corridor Eases Worst Impacts of Climate Change
- Most Countries Struggle to Meet Climate Pledges from 2009
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Global North Energy Outsourcing Demands More Attention
- How Trauma Gets 'under the Skin'
- GeoAI Technologies for Sustainable Urban Development
- The Joy of Sports: How Watching Sports Can Boost Well-Being
- School Suspensions and Exclusions Put Vulnerable Children at Risk
Friday, April 12, 2024
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- New Computer Vision Tool Wins Prize for Social Impact
- Study Finds Increased Anxiety and PTSD Among People Who Remained in Ukraine
- Economist: Tens of Billions of Dollars in Forest Products Are Being Overlooked
- Hybrid Intelligence Can Reconcile Biodiversity and Agriculture
- Food Security in Developed Countries Shows Resilience to Climate Change
- Economic Burden of Childhood Verbal Abuse by Adults Estimated at $300 Billion Globally
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- U.S. Building Footprints Could Help Identify Neighborhood Sociodemographic Traits
- Economic Wealth May Be Linked With Happiness in China -- If Inequality Is Low
- Mixed Diets Balance Nutrition and Carbon Footprint
- The Evolving Attitudes of Gen X Toward Evolution
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Are Lab-Grown Brain Tissues Ethical? There Is No No-Brainer Answer
- Atmospheric and Economic Drivers of Global Air Pollution
- How Climate Change Will Impact Food Production and Financial Institutions
- Low Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Youth Is Associated With Decreased Work Ability Throughout Adulthood
- More Premature Babies Born Following Swedish Parental Leave Policy
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Researchers Envision Sci-Fi Worlds Involving Changes to Atmospheric Water Cycle
- Adult Fish Struggle to Bounce Back in Marine Protected Areas
- With the Planet Facing a 'polycrisis', Biodiversity Researchers Uncover Major Knowledge Gaps
- One-Third of Ride-Share Drivers Have Had a Crash on the Job, Survey Finds
- Nudging in a Virtual Supermarket for More Animal Welfare
- New Privacy-Preserving Robotic Cameras Obscure Images Beyond Human Recognition
- Climate Change Impacts Terrorist Activity
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- Research Shows Direct Link Between State Income Taxes and Migration
- Life Expectancy Increased as World Addressed Major Killers Including Diarrhea, Lower Respiratory Infections, and Stroke
- Out of the Park: New Research Tallies Total Carbon Impact of Tourism at Yellowstone
- Experiencing Extreme Weather Predicts Support for Policies to Mitigate Effects of Climate Change
- For Mining in Arid Regions to Be Responsible, We Must Change How We Think About Water
- Talking Politics With Strangers Isn't as Awful as You'd Expect, Research Suggests
- Working Outside the Typical 9-5 in Younger Adulthood May Be Linked With Worse Health Decades Later
- Exploring the Effect of the Presence of Familiar People in Interpersonal Space
- Testing Environmental Water to Monitor COVID-19 Spread in Unsheltered Encampments
- Gunshots in American Cities Twice as Likely at Night, Potentially Disrupting Sleep for Those in Earshot, Study Finds
- Are Universities Connected to Local Sustainability? A New Study Suggests Yes...and No.
- Research Reveals Pre-Collapse Monitoring of Kakhovka Dam, Ukraine
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Last Chance to Record Archaic Greek Language 'heading for Extinction'
- Increasing Positive Affect in Adolescence Could Lead to Improved Health and Well-Being in Adulthood
- Scientists' Urgent Call: End Destruction and Forge a Just, Sustainable Future
- Companies Ignoring Climate Risks Get Punished by Markets, New Study Reveals
- AI Writing, Illustration Emits Hundreds of Times Less Carbon Than Humans, Study Finds
- Gloom and Doom Warnings About Climate Change Do Not Work
Monday, April 1, 2024
- Reducing Late-Night Alcohol Sales Curbed All Violent Crimes by 23% Annually in a Baltimore Neighborhood
- Research Reveals Language Barriers Limit Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Resources
Friday, March 29, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Is It the School, or the Students?
- Making the Future Too Bright: How Wishful Thinking Can Point Us in the Wrong Direction
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Climate Change Policies Lose Popularity When Combined With Pausing Regulations or Social Justice
- North American Cities May See a Major Species Turnover by the End of the Century
- Scientists Warn: The Grey Seal Hunt Is Too Large
- Heat, Cold Extremes Hold Untapped Potential for Solar and Wind Energy
- More Than One Billion People Around the Globe Are Facing Obesity
- What If the Heavy Rain Would Have Fallen 50 Kilometers Away?
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Curbside Collection Improves Organic Waste Composting, Reduces Methane Emissions
- Job Flexibility and Security Promotes Better Mental Health Among Employees
- Optimizing Electronic Health Records: Study Reveals Improvements in Departmental Productivity
- Using 'time Travel' To Think About Technology from the Perspective of Future Generations
- New Roadmap to Prevent Pandemics Centers on Protecting Biodiversity
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Crackdown on Illicit Drugs Detects Rise in 'designer' Drug Substitutes
- Research Identifies Characteristics of Cities That Would Support Young People's Mental Health
- Pairing Crypto Mining With Green Hydrogen Offers Clean Energy Boost
- 2 in 3 Parents Say Their Adolescent or Teen Worries About How Sick Days May Impact Grades
- Confusing Assistance Requirements Contribute to Food Insecurity Among College Students
- Less Obesity in 3 And 4-Year-Olds After the Pandemic, Swedish Study Finds
- Small Changes Can Yield Big Savings in Agricultural Water Use
- Droughts in Europe Could Be Avoided With Faster Emissions Cuts
- Troubling Trends in Midlife Mortality in the US and UK
- Teacher Effectiveness for Students With and Without Disabilities
Friday, March 22, 2024
- All Countries' Agri-Environmental Policies at a Glance
- Most New Doctors Face Some Form of Sexual Harassment, Even After #MeToo