Men’s facial features may sway criminal sentencing
A 2017 study suggests a link between certain facial features and the severity of the punishment a judge assigns to felony crime.
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A 2017 study suggests a link between certain facial features and the severity of the punishment a judge assigns to felony crime.
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Worship, by reducing stress, may be the secret to longer and healthier lives.
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An estimated 603.7 million adults and 107.7 million children worldwide were obese in 2015, according to new estimates published in The New England Journal of Medicine. China and the U.S. had the highest number of obese adults.
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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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Millions of people have turned to crowdfunding platforms to raise money for medical care and stave off bankruptcy. This collection of research examines the trend from multiple angles.
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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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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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Foster care children are more likely to have an incarcerated parent, be exposed to violence and live with someone with a mental illness than other types of children, including low-income kids and those raised by single mothers.
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Being born into a world with cleaner air seems to make people more successful, a new paper finds.
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The environmental impacts of burning coal are well known. But transporting coal can also hurt the health of people living nearby, a new study shows.
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