In pandemic, people are turning to nature – especially women
Study is among first to explore COVID-19's impacts on how people value natureOne of the first studies of its kind ...
Tag: Socioeconomics
Sights set on curbing gun crime
Sub-culture and supply fuel drug-related violence: studyCredit: Flinders University A community or sub-culture encouraging young men's exposure and obsession with ...
Explained: Political polarization
Economic inequality can cause it; Reversing it is difficultCredit: University of Houston Political polarization - the ever-present and growing division ...
High-tech fixes for the food system could have unintended consequences
New technology is needed for our failing food systems; but anticipating trade-offs is crucial to making sure fixes do not ...
Seeing the values behind the numbers
In a new book, "Data Action," Associate Professor Sarah Williams issues a call for thinking ethically about data today.Credit: Photo: ...
Living with autonomous systems “we can trust”
New report calls for greater input from society on future direction of autonomyCredit: The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Autonomous systems ...
Most adults over 50 say they’ll get vaccinated against COVID-19, but many want to wait
People of color & those with lower incomes or education levels less likely to say they'll seek vaccination against a ...
Joint efforts for stable electricity networks in Africa
As part of an international team of researchers, scientists at Paderborn University are developing modern systems to provide an uninterrupted ...
Bitcoin is COVID immune!
Credit: Source: Gerd Altmann via Pixabay The SARS-CoV-1 coronavirus pandemic has left a significant footprint on the global economy. For ...
How to accelerate solar adoption for the underserved
Berkeley Lab study finds certain policies and business models can lead to more equitable distribution of solar installationsCredit: Google Streetview ...
nTIDE October 2020 Jobs Report: Job numbers hold steady for Americans with disabilities
Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire nTIDE Report--featuring Job Path, a New York City based nonprofit that taps multiple ...
Better health – for people and the planet – grows on trees
Tropical fruit trees can improve health, reduce hunger, boost incomes and fight climate change; so why don't we grow and ...
What digital revolution? Hundreds of millions of farmers still cannot get online
In the first assessment of its kind, researchers found that small farmers across the globe have woefully low access to ...
Should secret voting be mandatory? ‘Yes” say political scientists in new book
Making voting more convenient does not combat low voter turnout but instead jeopardizes integrity of the ballotCredit: (University of Rochester ...
September 2020 COVID Update: Americans with disabilities strive to stay in labor market
As the pandemic persists, furloughs are converting to job losses for many workers, increasing the number of people actively looking ...
Difficult to build a family after exposure to chemical weapons
Credit: Photo by Siri Sjolin People who have been exposed to chemical warfare agents (CWAs) feel uncertain, decades after the ...
Syracuse University sociologist part of team recognized for research on rural America
Credit: Syracuse University A research team of 39 investigators from 28 colleges and universities from across the United States has ...
Aerial images detect and track food security threats for millions of African farmers
An early warning system detects and prevents diseases in banana, a key food security crop in Africa. It relies on ...
Novel method for measuring spatial dependencies turns less data into more data
NYU Tandon researcher devises a mathematical system for identifying influences between geographic phenomena that makes small data sets as effective ...
Artificial intelligence reveals hundreds of millions of trees in the Sahara
Credit: Martin Brandt If you think that the Sahara is covered only by golden dunes and scorched rocks, you aren't ...