Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity
2012 metastudy in Nature that examines papers on the loss of biodiversity within ecosystems and the implications for human civilization.
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Uninsured veterans and family members: Who are they and where do they live?
2012 report by the Urban Institute and the Robert John Wood Johnson Foundation on the Affordable Care Act and uninsured veterans.
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Where have all the U.S. startups and young firms gone?
2012 report by researchers from the University of Maryland and the U.S. Census Bureau on the relative decline in startups and “young” firms across the United States.
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Religion replenishes self-control
2012 paper by Queen’s University published in Psychological Science that explores how invoking religious concepts can affect one’s propensity toward self control.
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Opiate use by U.S. mothers and increases in neonatal abstinence syndrome
2012 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the tripling of rates of babies affected by maternal opiate use over the past decade.
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Impact of jury race and selection on verdicts in criminal trials
2012 study by Duke University published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics on the racial composition of a jury and criminal court outcomes.
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More than 7 million children live with a parent with alcohol problems
2012 report from the U.S. government’s Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality spotlighting data relating to children of alcoholics in the United States.
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Net migration from Mexico falls to zero — and perhaps less
2012 report by the Pew Hispanic Center on the rate of migrations between Mexico and the United States over the last 160 years as well as the present.
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Prenatal exposure to pesticides linked to gestational age and birthweight
2012 study in Environmental Health Perspectives on the relationship between maternal prenatal insecticide exposure and a child’s gestational age and birthweight.
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Do data breach disclosure laws reduce identity theft?
2012 study from Carnegie Mellon University on the effectiveness of laws requiring that consumers are informed when their personal data is compromised.
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