Zombie property: What research says about abandoned buildings
This sampling of research examines urban renewal efforts and how vacant and abandoned buildings affect local property values, crime and health.
This sampling of research examines urban renewal efforts and how vacant and abandoned buildings affect local property values, crime and health.
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While research has shown boys tend to earn higher scores on standardized math tests and girls do better in reading and language arts, a new study suggests test format is partly to blame.
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Lyme disease, a bacterial infection spread through ticks, has been linked in a study to a new concern: obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS).
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What is the microbiome? We highlight recent research on the unique communities of trillions of bacteria that we all host.
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Do looser advertising standards produce well-informed consumers, or drive needless demand? We examine the research.
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Police officers rarely used force to apprehend and detain criminal suspects and, when they did, most suspects were not injured, finds a study of three city police departments.
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California’s eugenic sterilization program disproportionately targeted Latinos, and especially Latina women, new research finds.
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The crowd has wisdom, sure, but it also has capital. Now academics are turning to crowdfunding to finance their research.
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Teens with harsh fathers commit more crime and use a larger variety of drugs and alcohol, a new study suggests.
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While the nation’s ongoing opioid epidemic is often discussed as a white issue, new research indicates that prescription opioid use in black adults is just as high.
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