Building codes pay for themselves in disaster-prone regions
After the devastation of Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Florida adopted tough new building codes. They quickly paid for themselves, a new study finds.
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Religious faith may reduce stress, helping believers live longer
Worship, by reducing stress, may be the secret to longer and healthier lives.
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Fracking seems to poison groundwater within one kilometer
As people who live near hydraulic fracking have long complained, the process seems to poison their water. A new paper measures the distance prospectors should keep from water supplies.
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Climate change could uproot millions who live far from the sea
Two recent papers project how inland communities will be negatively affected by climate change and predict destabilizing migrations.
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Seen a fake news story recently? You’re more likely to believe it next time
Talk of fake news dominated the 2016 presidential election cycle. New research examines how people fall for such disinformation.
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Heat waves: Increasingly common, ever more deadly
As the planet warms, record-breaking heat waves have become a public health crisis in developing countries like India, where the heat has killed thousands in recent years.
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Government contracting program may be failing minority businesses
A federal program that subsidizes minority-owned businesses is not equipping them for success, a new study finds.
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Markets starting to shrug off mass shootings
Mass shootings in the United States used to hurt the stock value of publicly listed gun makers. That effect has worn off, however, as the violence has become customary.
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Public assistance seems to help drug offenders stay away from crime
Millions of Americans have been imprisoned under the War on Drugs. Convicts who receive public assistance after release may be less likely to offend again.
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The Clean Air Act may have made Americans more productive and richer
Being born into a world with cleaner air seems to make people more successful, a new paper finds.
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