Government

Discoveries How citizen cooperation kept Ukraine’s government services working

A Linköping University study finds citizen-authority collaboration and trust helped Ukraine keep services running during war.

Discoveries Gun-free zones do not attract mass shootings, study finds

Discoveries What do the expiration dates printed on your food really mean?

Discoveries Free medicine distribution reduces health care costs and promotes health equity, study finds

Discoveries Scientists call for global treaty to eliminate space junk in Earth’s orbit

Discoveries Digital debit cards are helping Indonesia’s poor get more food

Discoveries Nearly 1,000 overdoses reversed using naloxone distributed through vending machine

Discoveries Sweetened beverage taxes produce net economic benefits for lower-income communities

Discoveries What Harry Potter can (and can’t) teach us about economics

Discoveries New study shows welfare prevents crime, quite dramatically

Discoveries Taking aim at gun violence: Tech strategies for reducing harm

Discoveries Up to 540,000 lives can be saved worldwide by targeting traffic speed

Discoveries Algorithm predicts crime a week in advance with 90% accuracy

Good News Why aren’t we going full steam with carbon capture?

Innovations Want to limit carbon and curb wildfire? Create a market for small trees

Good News More than 200,000 deaths can be annually prevented if countries support more urban cycling

Discoveries Pentagon creates new office to probe UFO reports