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Search News Sep 10 2019 Virtual Reality: A New Space for Developing Nuclear Arms Control Nuclear weapons dangers are increasing across the globe, with growing arsenals, new weapon systems, plans for using nuclear weapons even earlier in a… News Sep 10 2019 Endnotes: Priced Out (Tsung-Mei Cheng) Health care in America is expensive, but it doesn’t have to be, according to the late Uwe Reinhardt, a leader in health care policy. Reinhardt… News Jun 20 2019 Politics & Polls #144: The Origins of the Internet Featuring David Kushner The internet continues to expand and grow in complexity, yet many people are unaware of its origins. Understanding the internet’s roots could be… News May 24 2019 WWS Reacts: Restricting Abortions Across America Reproductive rights are now front and center in the 2020 campaign, as a number of states recently have tried to restrict or regulate abortions in… News May 23 2019 Facebook Data Transparency Advisory Group Releases Final Report On May 23, 2019, Facebook’s Data Transparency Advisory Group (DTAG) released its independent report, which assesses Facebook’s methods of measuring… News May 03 2019 Q&A: Priced Out: The Economic and Ethical Costs of American Health Care Health care in America is expensive, but it doesn’t have to be, according to the late Uwe Reinhardt, former James Madison Professor of Political… News Apr 04 2019 Politics & Polls #133: Women of Color in the Digital Space Featuring Kimberly Bryant The technology sector is an important part of the economy, yet there exists a dearth of women in the field — especially females of color. News Feb 18 2019 Currie Wins NOMIS Foundation’s Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award Princeton University’s Janet Currie is winner of the NOMIS Foundation’s Distinguished Scientist and Scholar Award, which comes with a research grant… News Feb 04 2019 Project to Collect Real Portraits of American Life Today, only half of children grow up to earn more than their parents, as opportunities for upward mobility continue to decline. Meanwhile, more than… News Jan 07 2019 No Laboratory Needed: The Person Project Mines Social Science Data with Secure Online Quizzes Understanding the human psyche is complex, for ordinary people and scientists alike. Now, researchers at Princeton University have created a new tool… News Dec 13 2017 Hydraulic Fracturing Negatively Impacts Infant Health From North Dakota to Ohio to Pennsylvania, hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has transformed small towns into energy powerhouses. While… News Dec 11 2017 Dark Side of the Moon: Motorcycle Deaths Linked to Full Moons Distracted drivers, like those who text behind the wheel, are a danger to themselves and to others. Even a brief, momentary glance away from the road… News Oct 24 2017 Reinhardt Receives Health Policy Leadership Award Uwe Reinhardt is a winner of the 2017 Bipartisan Health Policy Leadership Award from the National Alliance of Health Policy. The award recognizes… News Oct 11 2017 Social Psychologist Paluck Awarded MacArthur Fellowship Elizabeth Levy Paluck, a professor of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University, has been awarded a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship. News Sep 15 2017 To Predict How Climate Change Will Affect Disease, Researchers Must Fuse Climate Science and Biology Predicting how climate change will affect the incidence of infectious diseases would have great public health benefits. But the relationship between… News Aug 14 2017 Lower-Income Children Raised in Counties With High Upward Mobility Display Fewer Behavioral Issues, Perform Better on Cognitive Tests Children who grow up in urban counties with high upward mobility exhibit fewer behavioral problems and perform better on cognitive tests, according… News Aug 14 2017 Doctors Trained at Lowest-Ranked Medical Schools Prescribe More Opioids Physicians trained at the United States’ lowest-ranked medical schools write more opioid prescriptions than physicians trained at the highest-ranked… News Aug 04 2017 Study Links Unhealthy Segregated Neighborhoods to Childhood Asthma Researchers have had trouble explaining why black children are much more likely than other children to suffer from asthma. A new study by Princeton… News Jul 31 2017 Supreme Court Rulings Can Signal a Shift in Societal Norms When the Supreme Court issued its 2015 ruling in favor of same-sex marriage, Americans understood the decision as a signal of Americans’ increasing… News Jul 24 2017 Exposure to Violence Hinders Short-Term Memory, Cognitive Control Being exposed to and actively remembering violent episodes — even those that happened up to a decade before — hinders short-term memory and cognitive… News Jul 19 2017 Connecting Information Technology and Policy How to effectively regulate and oversee the internet has become increasingly complicated for policymakers. Today’s information revolution has… News Jun 28 2017 Decrease in Lead Exposure in Early Childhood May Be Responsible for Drop in Crime Rate Exposure to lead in the preschool years significantly increases the chance that children will be suspended or incarcerated during their school… News Jun 15 2017 Deaton Testifies Before U.S. Senate on America’s Deadly Opioid Epidemic Testifying before a Joint Economic Committee hearing in the U.S. Senate on June 8, Sir Angus Deaton, Dwight D. News May 25 2017 U.S. Nuclear Regulators Greatly Underestimate Potential for Nuclear Disaster The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) relied on faulty analysis to justify its refusal to adopt a critical measure for protecting Americans… News May 16 2017 Medical Abortions Obtained Through Online Telemedicine Shown to be Effective, Safe Women in Ireland and Northern Ireland acquiring medical abortion pills through online telemedicine report successful terminations with low rates of… Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »