The Plight of the Tiger – Akchousanh Rasphone

Inequalities in educational outcomes among former foster care youth

Study concludes that those who experienced foster family care or residential care in childhood have, on average, 13% lower grades by their final year of compulsory school, and 9% lower midlife educational attainment.

Underwater quantum links for submarines

Physicists develop method of establishing secure quantum communications between submarines and surface vessels through up to 30 meters of turbulent water.

Disagreements help team perception

Study shows that voicing disagreements allows people to revise their first impressions, creating better performance. Among teams that lack disagreement, mistakes get overlooked more often.

Extra money helps opioid addicts stay sober longer

Opioid addicts randomly assigned to receive abstinence-contingent wage supplements of $8/hr found to have 25% fewer opiate- and cocaine-positive urine samples, and were 30% more likely to find employment and rise out of poverty.

Flushing is our next weapon against COVID-19

Study of coronavirus RNA in Australian wastewater treatment plants suggests that 7 undetected cases may exist for every 10 detected.

Did California’s shelter-in-place order work?

The state's shelter-in-place order reduced COVID-19 cases by 144,793 and deaths by 4,969 during the first 3 weeks following its enactment.

Lonely and rich

Those who base their self-worth on financial success found to feel pressure to focus their efforts on making more money rather than on building their relationships with family and friends, and, as a result, often end up feeling isolated and lonely.

Upcoming guests

Amalia Bastos from the The University of Auckland will join us to discuss her article “The Kea show three signatures of domain-general statistical inference”  [already recorded].

Courtney Coughenour and Jennifer Pharr from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, will join us to discuss their article “Estimated car cost as a predictor of driver yielding behaviors for pedestrians”  [already recorded].