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Hurricanes are way deadlier than you might expect.

5 October 2024 grant 0

Heatmap reports on a study looking at the “long tail” of excess deaths in the wake of major hurricanes, and found that major storms are hundreds of times deadlier than anyone… Read the rest “Hurricanes are way deadlier than you might expect.”

Lower Medicaid, higher crime.

18 April 2024 grant 0

Bolts magazine follows up on studies showing a link between health insurance and crime rates (that is, the less people are insured, the higher crime rates tend to go) by focusing specifically… Read the rest “Lower Medicaid, higher crime.”

AI stocks take a dive.

3 February 2024 grant 0

The Futurist calls the latest wave of the hype-cycle over for artificial intelligence, with news of AI companies losing an impressive $190 billion in stock value:

According to Deutsche

… Read the rest “AI stocks take a dive.”

Dry canal costs billions.

5 January 2024 grant 0

Forbes covers a climate-change story about global trade and supply chains (something the pandemic taught the world about), focused on that thin isthmus between the Atlantic and Pacific… Read the rest “Dry canal costs billions.”

Uruguay gets 98% of its power from renewable sources.

9 October 2023 grant 0

NPR had a piece on the little South American nation that’s leading the way to a less polluted future, getting nearly all of its electricity from well-placed windmills and an economic… Read the rest “Uruguay gets 98% of its power from renewable sources.”

AI is eating the web. Not as in coding, but as in its economy.

27 June 2023 grant 0

The Verge has one of the more interesting pieces (to me) about AI that I’ve seen lately, reporting less on “what do these content-making machines mean to us content-makers,… Read the rest “AI is eating the web. Not as in coding, but as in its economy.”

The gap between rich and poor is growing faster in the U.S. than Europe.

1 February 2023 grant 0

Researchers from Imperial College London and the Paris School of Economics have looked across the pond at 50 years of data and found that America, rather than being the country of dreams,… Read the rest “The gap between rich and poor is growing faster in the U.S. than Europe.”

What do you do when your neurological-implant company goes under?

13 December 2022 grant 0

Nature asks a question that doesn’t have an easy answer. Medical implants – especially newer ones that interface directly with your brain – are designed for the long… Read the rest “What do you do when your neurological-implant company goes under?”

Sick of high crime? Support welfare. New study shows a dramatic link.

7 June 2022 grant 0

EurekAlert! posts a peer-reviewed study published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics that shows a “quite dramatic” correlation between the removal of welfare and an … Read the rest “Sick of high crime? Support welfare. New study shows a dramatic link.”

Gene Roddenberry’s autograph in bacterial DNA sold as an NFT, displayed at Art Basel.

2 December 2021 grant 0

The Verge has one of the most potentially confusing science stories in a while. Gene Roddenberry’s estate, they report, has rendered the Star Trek creator’s autograph as … Read the rest “Gene Roddenberry’s autograph in bacterial DNA sold as an NFT, displayed at Art Basel.”

Why can’t pharma companies afford to make life-saving drugs?

26 August 2020 grant 0

Nature asks a disturbing question about how we create and distribute what are arguably the most important scientific projects of all – the antibiotics and other drugs that save human… Read the rest “Why can’t pharma companies afford to make life-saving drugs?”

Bigger houses aren’t making people happier.

18 June 2019 grant 0

They’re just taking up more space. That’s the conclusion, published in The Atlantic, of researchers looking at how satisfied people are with their homes – compared… Read the rest “Bigger houses aren’t making people happier.”

The cryptocurrency of ancient Yap.

31 July 2018 grant 0

Science reveals the strange similarities, found by archaeologist Scott Fitzpatrick of the University of Oregon, between the very modern cryptocurrency markets and the very ancient … Read the rest “The cryptocurrency of ancient Yap.”

80 percent of America is a Third-World Nation: M.I.T. Economist.

13 March 2018 grant 0

The Institute for New Economic Thinking has a rather grim look at America’s economic future (and present), courtesy of an M.I.T. economist, Professor Emeritus Peter Temin. He’s… Read the rest “80 percent of America is a Third-World Nation: M.I.T. Economist.”

The poop economy is flourishing.

18 September 2017 grant 0

Nature gets to the fundamentals of the filthy lucre we’re finding in filth:

The facility is called Pivot, and its founder is Ashley Muspratt, a sanitation engineer who lived in Ghana,

… Read the rest “The poop economy is flourishing.”

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