Tag: data
How the firearms industry influences US gun culture, in 6 charts
Michael Siegel, Boston University
Americans have blamed many culprits, from mental illness to inadequate security, for the tragic mass shootings that are occurring with increasing...
US life expectancy just dropped for the second year in a...
David Bishai, Johns Hopkins University
U.S. gross domestic product is at an all-time high. U.S. life expectancy is not.
Life expectancy has fallen for...
Our laws don’t do enough to protect our health data
Sharona Hoffman, Case Western Reserve University
Have you ever wondered why your computer often shows you ads that seem tailor-made for your interests? The answer...
Is youth football past its prime?
Roger Pielke Jr., University of Colorado
High school football participation may have peaked.
That’s the argument I make in a recent analysis for the international...
Earthquakes triggered by humans pose growing risk
Gillian Foulger, Durham University; Jon Gluyas, Durham University, and Miles Wilson, Durham University
People knew we could induce earthquakes before we knew what they were....
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...
