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| If countries implement Paris pledges with cuts to aerosols, millions of lives can be saved Posted: 01 Jun 2021 12:19 PM PDT Aerosol reductions that would take place as countries meet climate goals could contribute to global cooling and prevent more than one million annual premature deaths over a decade, according to a new study. |
| How news coverage affects public trust in science Posted: 01 Jun 2021 10:57 AM PDT News media reports about scientific failures that do not recognize the self-correcting nature of science can damage public perceptions of trust and confidence in scientific work, according to new findings. |
| Is the U. S. understating climate emissions from meat and dairy production? Posted: 01 Jun 2021 09:18 AM PDT Methane emissions from North American livestock may be routinely undercounted, a new analysis finds. The work also notes that in developing countries, where animal agriculture is becoming increasingly industrialized, methane emissions could rise more than expected. |
| Seeds of economic health disparities found in subsistence society Posted: 01 Jun 2021 07:06 AM PDT The Tsimane subsistence communities living on the edge of the Bolivian Amazon have less inequality but also fewer chronic health problems linked to the economic disparity of industrialized Western societies. Researchers tracked 13 different health variables across 40 Tsimane communities, analyzing them against individual's wealth and each community's degree of inequality. While some have theorized that inequality's health impacts are universal, researchers found only two robustly associated outcomes: higher blood pressure and respiratory disease. |
| Overconfidence in news judgement and false news susceptibility Posted: 31 May 2021 12:32 PM PDT Individuals who falsely believe they are able to identify false news are more likely to fall victim to it. |
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