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Researchers found homeless involuntary displacement policies, such as camping bans, sweeps and move-along orders, could result in 15-25% of deaths among unhoused people who use drugs in 10 years.

People in lower social classes tend to be more generous and empathetic. A new theory seeks to explain this observation by proposing that because lower class individuals have less material resources, they must rely more on others in their community.

Urban water crises driven by elites’ unsustainable consumption | Nature Sustainability

The use of coal power is not decreasing fast enough. The Paris Agreement's goal of a maximum of 2 °C of warming looks like it will be greatly exceeded and the world is moving towards a temperature increase of 2.5 °C – 3 °C.

The stem cells found in blood process their waste unlike any other cells ever reported. They shuttle misfolded protein into a corner, then recycle them into amino acids only when they need them. It's a finding that changes how biologists design treatments to slow aging or prevent cancer.

A new study from MIT shows that if U.S. nuclear power plants are retired, the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas to fill the resulting energy gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths each year.

"The election of a populist mayor leads to smaller repayments of debts, a larger share of procurement contracts with cost overruns, higher turnover among top bureaucrats—driven by forced rather than voluntary departures—and a sharp decrease in the percentage of graduate bureaucrats."

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