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Immigration

What the research says about border walls

Denise-Marie Ordway | February 5, 2019
This roundup of research focuses on border barriers — what they are, why they have become popular, whether they actually help countries control their borders and how they impact the environment and local communities.
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Climate Change

The current and projected health risks of climate change

Chloe Reichel | January 22, 2019
Due to food shortages related to climate change, the Earth may experience a net increase of 529,000 adult deaths by 2050.
fries
Reporting

Covering viral research: Tips from Harvard’s ‘6 french fries’ guy

Chloe Reichel | January 10, 2019
Eric Rimm reflects on his viral comments about French fries, offering pointers for how to cover research that’s getting a lot of media attention.
Children wearing school uniforms
News Media

‘Fake news’ and school uniforms: Our most popular research roundups in 2018

Denise-Marie Ordway | December 21, 2018
The 10 research roundups our readers visited most often in 2018 focus on topics ranging from fake news and school uniforms to the Supreme Court and Olympic games.
workers on building
Climate Change

Heat makes workers less productive, impacts health

Chloe Reichel | December 10, 2018
Employees who work in hot conditions are not as productive and can suffer from kidney injury, dehydration and other health problems, according to a new review.
listening to lungs
Public Health

Interventions to prevent childhood asthma attacks: A research roundup

Chloe Reichel | November 29, 2018
Solutions-oriented asthma research from the past few years, which spans from pest management interventions to hospital-based programs to green housing initiatives.
Family eating dinner
Public Health

Dysfunctional or not, families who eat together eat healthier

Chloe Reichel | November 21, 2018
Every unhappy family might be unhappy in its own way, but when they sit down together at the table, they’re alike according to one important measure: they eat better.
Visualization of margin of error
Ads, Public Opinion

The margin of error: 7 tips for journalists covering polls and surveys

Denise-Marie Ordway | November 5, 2018
To help journalists understand margin of error and how to correctly interpret data from surveys and polls, we’ve put together a list of seven tips, including clarifying examples.
Soil excavation and cleanup at a Superfund site
Environment

Toxic waste sites and environmental justice: Research roundup

Chloe Reichel | September 24, 2018
Research that looks into exactly where toxic waste sites are located, and the demographics of neighboring communities.
Studies

Ig Nobel Prizes go to research on employee retaliation, self-colonoscopy and cannibalism

Denise-Marie Ordway | September 14, 2018
Ten academic studies were chosen from about 9,000 nominations to win a 2018 Ig Nobel Prize, a parody of the Nobel Prize. The studies featured topics such as smelling flies in wine and using voodoo dolls to deal with abusive bosses.

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