New research finds that accounting for the long-term impacts of tropical cyclones increases the global Social Cost of Carbon by over 20%. This elevation is…
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New research suggests that solar power is set to become the dominant energy source by 2050. While this shift promises a cleaner energy future, four…
A study by Berkeley’s Haas School of Business debunks popular myths around airline ticket pricing strategies. Instead of the expected economic behaviors, airlines often use…
Researchers conducted a comprehensive study to understand how people across the globe allocate their time. Analyzing data from 2000-2019 and covering 87% of the world’s…
The study found that students in Muslim countries demonstrated improved performance after an intensive Ramadan fasting period compared to a less intense Ramadan. A recent…
Rationing is a system of controlled distribution of limited resources, goods, or services during a time of shortage or emergency. It is usually implemented by…
The researchers followed the careers of 1.4 million Swedish wage earners and discovered that those who started off successfully in big cities saw even greater…
In June 2022, 61 organizations in the UK began a six-month trial reducing working hours by 20% for all staff with no decrease in wages.…
Obsidian collections from the site of Q’umarkaj and the surrounding region. Credit: R. Horowitz Over five hundred years ago, in the Guatemalan highlands of the…
The research revealed that anti-China sentiment fueled consumer discrimination, resulting in a staggering loss of $7.4 billion in revenue for Asian restaurants in 2020. A…
A newly published paper quantifies the extent to which automation has contributed to income inequality in the U.S., simply by replacing workers with technology —…
Mental health refers to a person’s overall emotional and psychological well-being. It includes the ability to manage one’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors effectively, as well…
The study found that robots aren’t replacing humans at the rate most people think, but people are prone to exaggerate the rate of a robot…
A boycott is a form of protest in which individuals or groups refuse to buy or use a particular product or service in order to…
A gas station in Los Angeles. Of all 155 countries in the UCLA-led study, the U.S. has gone the longest without raising gasoline taxes: The…
The study indicates that no place is well adapted to the current climate, Dartmouth research concludes that measures to protect individuals on hot days are…
An artificial intelligence tool could help governments decide whether or not to bail out a bank in crisis by predicting if the intervention will save…
Is there a better way to get more treats than resorting to threats of tricks? Halloween is here. It’s the night every year when children…
Research challenges the conventional theory that the transition from foraging to farming drove the development of complex, hierarchical societies by creating agricultural surplus, finds the…
MIT economists studying individual income data in Ecuador found that international trade generates income gains that are about 7 percent greater for those at the…