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Global decline of homicide – Mateus Rennó Santos

The global decline of births between 1990 and 2015 has led to a reduction in the proportion of people aged 15-29. So might this explain why the world’s homicide rate has dropped by nearly 20%? In episode 64, we’re joined by Mateus Rennó Santos from the University of South Florida, who talks with us about his research into how an aging population is a driving force behind the decline in homicide that most countries across the globe have enjoyed over the past three decades.

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Reindeers thrive after a century of conservation

Twice the number of reindeer are now believed to exist on an archipelago halfway between continental Norway and the North Pole than previously estimated, and 13 times the number as in the late 1950s.

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Telework tied to working more hours while ill

CDC study indicates that paid leave benefits — along with business practices that actively encourage employees to stay home while sick — are both necessary to reduce the transmission of acute respiratory illness and influenza in workplaces.

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Race and networks in the job search process

Researchers suggest that while African Americans have similar access to information about job openings through network-based channels, they experience fewer benefits, or “network returns” to job searches based in informal networks.

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Microdosing LSD for Alzheimer’s

A phase 1 double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized study suggests safety of microdosing LSD and support further clinical development of LSD for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Pollution-related preeclampsia

Traffic-related air pollution increases pregnant womens' risk for dangerous increases in blood pressure by up to 50%.

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Utility of citizen science data

Case study finds that citizen scientists identify shark species correctly over three-quarters of the time.

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Subtle season’s greetings

Poll reports that a third of people use holiday gifting to drop passive aggressive hints to the people in their lives.

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