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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Student loans: Do college students borrow too much — or not enough?
2012 study in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the consequences and dynamics of assuming student loan debt.
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Extreme weather, climate and preparedness in the American mind
2012 survey from Yale and George Mason about how Americans perceive increased extreme weather events and about views on the influence of global warming.
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Congressional-Executive Commission on China annual report 2011
2011 report by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China on human rights abuses and commercial and trade issues in China.
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Structural diversity in social contagion: Studying Facebook
2012 study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the mechanisms that explain people joining and engaging with Facebook.
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The politicization of science: A study of public trust in the United States, 1974-2010
2012 study in the American Sociological Review on trends relating to partisan affiliation and trust in science.
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2012 Social Security and Medicare trustees report
2012 report from the federal government on the solvency and long-term forecasts of entitlement programs in the United States.
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Competition among memes in a world with limited attention
2012 study from Indiana University and Northeastern University in Scientific Reports on social networks, viral promotion and the power of random viral possibilities.
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Neighborhood food environment and diet among California youth
2012 study from the RAND Corporation in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine on youth obesity and access to healthy food sources.
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Market structure, competition from assisted living facilities and quality in the nursing home industry
2012 study from Harvard Medical School in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy on the effect of market factors on the quality of long-term care.
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