Study: Burning wood pellets for energy endangers local communities' health
"Assuming biofuels are carbon neutral may worsen irreversible impacts of climate change before benefits accrue."
"Assuming biofuels are carbon neutral may worsen irreversible impacts of climate change before benefits accrue."
Research found most at-risk jobs lack a clear case for AI automation. "This indicates a more gradual integration of AI into various sectors."
A paper by Sinan Aral and co-authors discovered that high-paying jobs often come through "weak ties" — for example, people who are acquaintances.
Lecturer Malia Lazu joined this week's DEI panel on "Under the Radar with Callie Crossley."
Aviation safety continues to get better. The chance of dying continues to go down by a factor of two every decade.
"Of the employees we studied, those with superior sales performance were genetically different from the rest of the group."
"It's necessary to discourage fossil fuels by pricing them closer to their full costs, including the costs of the climate damage they cause."
"The Alaska Airlines incident shows that, even when things go terribly wrong, other elements of the air-safety system typically avert disaster."
The findings of a study by David Rand and co-authors indicate people's minds can be changed with facts, despite pessimism about that prospect.
"I was most surprised by how big, and how durable, the effect of the debunking was."