Posts Tagged ‘public policy’
Society & Culture - Mar 1, 2010 12:03 - 36 Comments
Violent video games make kids hostile?
IOWA STATE (US)—Exposure to violent video games makes kids more aggressive, less caring—regardless of their age, sex, or culture. That’s the conclusion of a study analyzing 130 research reports that included more than 130,000 subjects worldwide. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 22, 2010 17:40 - 0 Comments
Quake drill points to shaky communication
U. COLORADO (US)—Researchers who devised the largest earthquake preparedness event ever undertaken in the United States say one of the biggest challenges was translating devastation projections from a hypothetical magnitude 7.8 San Andreas Fault temblor into timely, usable information to the more than 5 million California participants in 2008. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 1, 2010 15:07 - 5 Comments
Economic ‘perfect storm’ brewing?
RICE (US)—Policymakers must address long-term energy policy challenges in the West and meet economic development challenges in the Middle East to ward off repeated global economic crises. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 28, 2010 12:20 - 2 Comments
Welfare reform from the street up
U. CHICAGO (US)—Providing a street-level perspective on welfare reform, a new book reveals a world of struggle for people living in Philadelphia row houses, where many residents contend with long histories of drug addiction and alcoholism. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 18, 2010 13:02 - 1 Comment
Thirsty cities should mix it up
PENN STATE—To save money, avoid surpluses, and reduce shortages, urban water planners should combine three approaches to buy water: permanent rights, options, and lease. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 4, 2010 13:45 - 6 Comments
Home sweet mobile home
PENN STATE (US)—A majority of Pennsylvania’s mobile home residents say they are overwhelmingly satisfied with their homes despite problems like construction quality, social stigma, and financing. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 18, 2009 16:44 - 0 Comments
Orphanages: ‘viable option’ or ‘last resort’?
DUKE (US)—Children in institutional orphanages fare as well or better than those who live in the community, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 11, 2009 9:00 - 1 Comment
Living well down on the farm
U. ILLINOIS (US)—“Rural” is often synonymous with low incomes, limited economic opportunity, and poor schools, but much of rural America is actually prosperous, particularly in the Midwest and Plains, a new study finds. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 10, 2009 19:38 - 0 Comments
Good laws turn bad recyclers around
VANDERBILT (US)—A large national study of economic behavior finds effective recycling laws encourage reluctant recyclers to become committed recyclers. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 2, 2009 17:32 - 8 Comments
Trust in government gets a no-vote
U. BUFFALO (US)—Ballot initiatives, long thought to encourage democratic citizenship, may actually have the opposite effect of fostering distrust in state government, a new study finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 2, 2009 13:02 - 7 Comments
Bias colors opinion on Obama policies
UC IRVINE (US)—Racial prejudice plays a role in driving reactions to President Obama and his policies, psychologist Eric Knowles has found. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 27, 2009 8:00 - 9 Comments
Who’s liable if robots run amok?
STANFORD (US)—As machines manage more everyday tasks, a group of scholars is thinking about the legal challenges that may arise. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 20, 2009 17:48 - 0 Comments
Hey neighbor, where’s the (edible) beef?
USC (US)—Residents in low-income areas of Los Angeles found at least one expired poultry, beef, or dairy product in about a third of store visits over a one-year period, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 15, 2009 10:41 - 1 Comment
Jury’s still out on salt restriction
UC DAVIS (US)—Researchers have found compelling evidence indicating that humans naturally regulate their salt intake within a narrowly defined physiologic range. The new analysis questions the scientific logic and feasibility of the decades-long effort to limit salt intake in humans. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 2, 2009 16:11 - 0 Comments
Bitemark evidence less reliable than DNA
U. BUFFALO (US)—A new study challenges the commonly held belief that every bitemark can be perpetrator identified, and concludes that bitemarks should be very carefully evaluated in criminal investigations where perpetrator identity is the focus of a case. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 29, 2009 4:09 - 2 Comments
Fertilizer not a cure-all for African poverty
CORNELL (US)—Researchers have linked poverty in sub-Saharan Africa with poor soil health, but two new studies find that the recommended practice of applying more fertilizer may not help the poorest farmers. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 17, 2009 19:07 - 3 Comments
Can polling predict terrorism?
“This is the first study to relate public opinion across countries to concrete actions such as terrorism,” says study coauthor Alan Krueger.
Society & Culture - Sep 11, 2009 16:17 - 0 Comments
Survey: Time to trim CEO salaries
The study also finds that corporate board members believe exorbitant CEO salaries exist in other companies, not their own, says Ed Lawler, the study’s lead author. As a result, boards may not change their company’s executive pay plans. “Directors increasingly think there is a problem with executive compensation, but that may not lead to change because they think it is the other organizations that need to change.”
