Heat makes workers less productive, impacts health
Employees who work in hot conditions are not as productive and can suffer from kidney injury, dehydration and other health problems, according to a new review.
Economics
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of economics and economic equality
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Interviewing white-collar criminals: 6 tips from Harvard Business School’s Eugene Soltes
Harvard Business School professor Eugene Soltes, whose research focuses on corporate misconduct and fraud, offers tips on interviewing white-collar criminals such as Bernie Madoff from behind bars.
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Interventions to prevent childhood asthma attacks: A research roundup
Solutions-oriented asthma research from the past few years, which spans from pest management interventions to hospital-based programs to green housing initiatives.
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5 fascinating digital media studies from fall 2018
In this piece we wrote for Nieman Lab, we spotlight five studies on topics such as how Twitter affects journalists’ news judgment and how often we remember where we read a news story.
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Heroin overdoses surged following Oxycontin reformulation
A new study identifies one important driver of heroin overdoses in the United States: the reformulation of Oxycontin.
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Rural Americans concerned about opioids, the economy
A survey of 1,300 adults living in rural America finds they are preoccupied by economic issues and the ongoing opioid epidemic.
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How the news media portray gun owners: Research to consider
We’ve gathered research to help journalists consider how they cover a group with whom some appear to have trouble relating: gun owners and people who use firearms.
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Toxic waste sites and environmental justice: Research roundup
Research that looks into exactly where toxic waste sites are located, and the demographics of neighboring communities.
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Ig Nobel Prizes go to research on employee retaliation, self-colonoscopy and cannibalism
Ten academic studies were chosen from about 9,000 nominations to win a 2018 Ig Nobel Prize, a parody of the Nobel Prize. The studies featured topics such as smelling flies in wine and using voodoo dolls to deal with abusive bosses.
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3 quick tips for debunking hoaxes in a hurricane
How to sort out what’s real and newsworthy from what’s fake as Hurricane Florence makes landfall in North Carolina.
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