Small-scale gold mining operations in developing countries are major sources of toxic mercury pollution, using techniques that haven’t changed much since the California Gold Rush 150 years ago.
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When you receive a medical bill you didn’t expect – even though you’re insured. And it’s still happening, even in time of COVID-19.
The bankruptcy system has always been difficult to navigate, especially for minorities and other vulnerable groups. The pandemic is making it a lot harder.
The idea, says our experts, was to shut down Obamacare. But it didn’t work out that way. This could take on more importance as the number of uninsured swells due to coronavirus.
Surrounded by skyscrapers and high-end boutiques, 47th Street continues to operate like an Old World bazaar, with million-dollar deals sealed by handshakes and insured by a family’s reputation.
As his Star Wars television character enjoys a social media moment, Baby Yoda is creating massive marketing clout that will benefit his Disney masters.
A $12.7 billion investment in hydroelectricity has put Canada’s economic welfare and its moral credibility on the line.
Small-scale fisheries buffer poverty and hunger in coastal countries.
Friends started airing 25 years ago this week. You might think of it as just a nostalgic sitcom: but it actually has a lot to teach us about how to be a good manager.
Et si Boko Haram puisait sa violence non pas dans le terrorisme islamique contemporain mais dans une histoire régionale meurtrière qui a eu un écho puissant au tout début du XXᵉ siècle ?
Tech companies portray virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri as our helpers. In reality, we’re helping them gather the behavioural data they need to turn a profit.
Most consumers underestimate the greenhouse emissions associated with different foods. But environmental labels, similar to existing nutrition information, can help us make lower-impact choices.
A new study suggests that Americans face an ‘economic bar’ to marriage. Before they walk down the aisle, many couples want to have a house, a bank account and a job that offers health insurance.
A new type of drug blocks the destruction of neurons in the eye, preventing blindness. The researchers hope that the same therapy can be applied to other common neurodegenerative diseases.
Some say the more than 230 cities that lost their bids for Amazon’s second headquarters were dupes in the retailer’s game. In fact, they were willing participants with their own aims.
While the US sends observers around the world to monitor elections, few will be present during the 2018 midterms in the US.
First-generation college students earn substantially less than their peers whose parents went to college, new research shows.
IAFEI and a group of partners including Duke University and Grenoble EM survey CFOs across the world for the third quarter 2018, the survey was running from August 22 to September 6, 2018.
The late Sen. John McCain was an early – and lonely – Republican supporter of action to fight climate change. His challenge was to regulate sources of energy that underlie much of our economy.
Millennials are less inclined than older Americans to intervene abroad, maintain superior military power or believe the US is an exceptional nation. What does that mean for the country’s future?
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Edward M. Arnett Professor of Psychology & Neursocience, Duke University
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Master of Environmental Management, Duke University
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Professor of Conservation Technology in Environment and Engineering, Duke University
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Professor of Climate Sciences, Duke University
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Senior Director, Collaboration and Continuity Technologies, Duke Health, Duke University
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Senior researcher of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
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Course instructor, English for International Students Program, Duke University
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology, Duke University
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Curator of the Duke Lemur Center Museum of Natural History, Duke University
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Postdoctoral researcher, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
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Emeritus professor, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Duke University
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Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University
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Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University
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Nannerl O. Keohane University Professor of Psychology, Duke University
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Research Scientist in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University
