News & Stories Breadcrumb Home All News Research Newsmakers SPIA Reacts Community Profiles Oct 12, 2020 Tighter Border Policies Leave Migrants Vulnerable to Effects of Climate Change Open Borders Strengthen Developing Countries Economically As the planet continues to warm, people living in the world’s most vulnerable regions —… Aug 17, 2020 Society Perceives the Poor as “Hardened,” Less Affected By Distress Than Those With More Means Negative life events can cause crippling distress, significant hardships, and even lifelong trauma. The poor are perceived to be “hardened” by these… Aug 10, 2020 Online Political Manipulation Efforts Persist in Russia, China, and the Middle East As technology becomes more advanced and accessible, its role on the global political stage has increased — for better or worse. While the internet… Jul 21, 2020 Tracking Misinformation Campaigns in Real-Time Is Possible, Study Shows A research team led by Princeton University has developed a technique for tracking online foreign misinformation campaigns in real time, which… Jul 02, 2020 Global Threats: How Lessons from Covid-19 Can Prevent Environmental Meltdown Epidemiologists highlighted the dangers of Covid-19 in its early stages, but their warnings went largely ignored until rising infection rates forced… Jun 23, 2020 Why the U.S. Doesn’t Need More Nuclear Pits Right Now The U.S. Congress is currently debating whether to build and operate a plutonium pit-production factory in South Carolina. It would be the country’s… Jun 22, 2020 Simple Interventions Can Help People Spot False Headlines The avalanche of online content available to people around the world has outpaced humans’ ability to separate fact from what can be highly toxic and… Jun 09, 2020 Study on Shorebirds Suggests That When Conserving Species, Not All Land is Equal Jun 02, 2020 Discrimination, Inequality May Erase ‘Birthweight Advantage' of Black U.S. Immigrants in One Generation Black women have the highest prevalence of low birthweight babies compared to other racial and ethnic groups, but black immigrants typically have… May 19, 2020 Local Climate Unlikely to Drive the Early COVID-19 Pandemic May 18, 2020 For People in Diverse Areas, Community Identity Supersedes Racial, Ethnic Differences In an increasingly polarized world, many see people who are different from them as “outsiders,” or even a threat. Yet, around the world, this tends… May 13, 2020 Double-Whammy Weather: Study Identifies Increased Frequency of Connected Patterns from Drought to Heavy Rain in Regional Hotspots Across the Globe Like an undulating seesaw, weather in some regions swings from drought to heavy rain under the weight of climate-induced changes, according to an… May 12, 2020 COVID-19′s Silent Spread: Princeton Researchers Explore How Symptomless Transmission Helps Pathogens Thrive Apr 24, 2020 To Combat Covid-19, Behavioral Pitfalls Must Be Addressed During any crisis, timely, and sometimes life-altering, decisions must be made, requiring an extreme amount of sound judgment under uncertainty. The… Apr 16, 2020 Mentoring Programs Help Female Economists Secure Tenure-Track Positions There remains a dearth of women in economics, with far fewer females securing tenure-track jobs and publishing academic research than men. Past… Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 3 Page 4 Current page 5 Page 6 Page 7 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
