Lyme disease and climate change: Research roundup
Lyme disease is spreading as the warming climate helps bloodthirsty ticks thrive.
Lyme disease is spreading as the warming climate helps bloodthirsty ticks thrive.
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Teenagers from affluent suburban homes are more likely to abuse alcohol and drugs than the national average. Parental attentiveness is key to prevention, a new paper finds.
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Climate change is causing wildfires to consume ever-larger swaths of forest, scientists say, breaking records and blanketing many states in dangerous smoke.
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Members of Congress with the most extreme political views receive more attention from print media than moderate members, a new study suggests. Meanwhile, far-right Republicans get more coverage than far-left Democrats.
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Do private prisons save money? At what cost to inmates and society? We review the research on a host of related policy questions.
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Researchers have long disagreed about the effect marijuana may have on intelligence. A new study of adolescents suggests it is responsible for a small drop in acuity.
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Almost everyone has a smartphone. They can be distracting. But new research shows they may also impair our ability to think straight even when we’re not using them.
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Writing a FOIA can be hard. A new tool from data.world will help you improve your chances of success.
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Despite major changes in media and technology over the past 20 years, a new study of children’s news habits finds that “parents are still at the core of developing news interest and patterns of consumption.”
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Over a million international students study in the United States. China provides almost a third, according to a new government paper.
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