The progressive increase of food waste in America and its environmental impact
2009 study from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases published in PLoS ONE assessing the U.S. food supply, consumption and waste.
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Financing presidential nominations in the post-public funding era
2011 study from Colby College on history and trends relating to presidential campaign finance.
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Children’s “theory of mind” and adolescent involvement with bullying
2011 study from Duke University and King’s College London in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry on the cognitive origins of bullying.
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Pew Research: Twitter and the 2012 campaign
2011 report from the Pew Research Center on social media dynamics around the 2012 presidential nominating contest in the United States.
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Evidence for evolution in response to natural selection in a contemporary human population
2011 study for the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on evolution and natural selection in human beings within recent generations.
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Trends in daily solar radiation and precipitation coefficients of variation since 1984
2011 study in the online journal of the American Meteorological Society on long-term trends in the variability of sunshine and precipitation.
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Educational and psychological outcomes between LGBTQ and straight students in middle and high school
2011 study on gay teens and greater risk of emotional problems and negative educational outcomes.
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Research chat: Nicholas Lemann on journalism, scholarship, and more informed reporting
Interview with Nicholas Lemann of Columbia Journalism School and The New Yorker about using research in reporting.
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Effects of social networks on religious belief and practice
2011 study by Baylor University published in Sociology of Religion on social relationships and higher levels of religiosity.
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Meta-analysis of college diversity experiences and civic engagement
2011 meta-study from Notre Dame on how diversity on college campuses promotes civic engagement.
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