Tag: Risk
How Florida’s home insurance market became so dysfunctional, so fast
Latisha Nixon-Jones, Jacksonville University
Imagine saving for years to buy your dream house, only to have surging property...
How unhealthy is red meat? And how beneficial is it to...
Aleksandr Aravkin, University of Washington; Christian Razo, University of Washington, and Jeffrey Stanaway, University of Washington
The Research Brief...
Dog owners take more risks, cat owners are more cautious –...
Lei Jia, Kent State University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Should you wear a mask on a plane, bus or train...
Daniel Merino, The Conversation
On April 18, 2022, a judge in Florida struck down the federal mandate requiring passengers...
I’m fully vaccinated – should I keep wearing a mask for...
Nancy S. Jecker, University of Washington
Fully vaccinated adults are celebrating their new freedom and removing their face masks....
Coping with Western wildfires: 5 essential reads
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation
Intense wildfires are raging in California, Oregon and Washington state, spurring mass evacuations and leaving charred towns in their wake. A...
As collective memory fades, so will our ability to prepare for...
Sean Donahue, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Just below the Japanese village of Aneyoshi, there’s a stone carved...
A company’s good deeds can make consumers think its products are...
Valerie Good, Michigan State University
The Research Brief is a short take on interesting academic work.
The big idea
Companies like to highlight when they do good...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
