December 6, 2021 – Much like an overexploited ecosystem, the increasingly polarized political landscape in the United States — and much of the world — is experiencing a catastrophic loss of diversity that threatens the resilience not only of democracy, but also of society, according to a series of new studies that examine political polarization as […]
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Life Expectancy Falling for Adults Without a Bachelor’s Degree
March 9, 2021 – Life expectancy in the United States dropped in 2020 due to COVID-19, but, for American adults without a college degree, an increase in mortality occurred years earlier, according to a new study authored by Anne Case and Sir Angus Deaton of Princeton University. Since 2010, people without a college degree have experienced an absolute rise in mortality, the […]
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An annual investment of $30 billion can prevent another global pandemic such as COVID-19
July 27, 2020 – Thus far, COVID has cost at least $2.6 trillion and may cost 10 times this amount. It is the largest global pandemic in 100 years. Six months after emerging, it has killed over 600,000 people and is having a major impact on the global economy. “How much would it cost to […]
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Expansion, environmental impacts of irrigation by 2050 greatly underestimated
May 5, 2020 – The amount of farmland around the world that will need to be irrigated in order to feed an estimated global population of 9 billion people by 2050 could be up to several billion acres, far higher than scientists currently project, according to new research. The result would be a far greater […]
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Plan A: Simulation for a plausible escalating nuclear war between the US and Russia (VIDEO)
September 17, 2019 – SGS developed a new simulation for a plausible escalating war between the United States and Russia using realistic nuclear force postures, targets and fatality estimates. It is estimated that there would be more than 90 million people dead and injured within the first few hours of the conflict. This project is […]
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Princeton geoscientists find new fallout from ‘the collision that changed the world’
April 29, 2019 – When the landmass that is now the Indian subcontinent slammed into Asia about 50 million years ago, the collision changed the configuration of the continents, the landscape, global climate and more. Now a team of Princeton University scientists has identified one more effect: the oxygen in the world’s oceans increased, altering […]
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New climate change model projects increase in dust storms in the US in late 21st century
July 17, 2017 – Could the storms that once engulfed the Great Plains in clouds of black dust in the 1930’s once again wreak havoc in the U.S.? A new statistical model developed by researchers at Princeton University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts that climate change will amplify dust activity in […]
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Decrease in Lead Exposure in Early Childhood May Be Responsible for Drop in Crime Rate
July 7, 2017 – Exposure to lead in the preschool years significantly increases the chance that children will be suspended or incarcerated during their school careers, according to research at Princeton University and Brown University. Conversely, a drop in exposure leads to less antisocial behavior and thus may well be a significant factor behind the […]
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Princeton-UCLA study finds gray wolves should remain protected
August 1, 2016 – Researchers from Princeton University and the University of California-Los Angeles who investigated the genetic ancestry of North America’s wild canines have concluded that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s scientific arguments for removing gray wolves from endangered species protection are incorrect. The study, which contradicts conventional thinking, finds that all of the […]