National Bureau of Economic Research: A decade of debt
2011 study for the National Bureau of Economic research on high levels of public debt and the consequences.
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Online metrics and the future of digital journalism
2010 study by Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalism on the difficulties for media organizations of understanding their online audiences.
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Role of financial literacy in retirement plans
2010 study for National Bureau of Economic Research on lack of financial knowledge and retirement decisions.
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Impacts of biofuel targets on land use and food supply
2010 paper by the World Bank on the potential societal consequences of increased biofuels production to meet current national targets.
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Predicting U.S. elections through search volume in Google Trends
2011 Wellesley College study looking at whether Google Trends volume was predictive of 2008 and 2010 U.S. Congressional elections.
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Measuring influence in Twitter: The million follower fallacy
2010 study for the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence on how social media users wield influence.
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Effects of cell phone use on brain glucose metabolism
2011 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association on the effects of cell phone exposure on brain activity.
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Action following a nuclear blast in a U.S. city
2007 report from Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center on necessary steps in the aftermath of an act of nuclear terrorism in a U.S. city.
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Attacks against media and human rights websites
2010 study by Harvard’s Berkman Center on the frequency and type of Internet attacks on targeted groups.
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Effects of nuclear conflicts and acts of nuclear terrorism
2006 study by the University of Colorado, Rutgers and UCLA on the likely effects of a nuclear explosion in a densely populated city.
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