Study finds better services dramatically help children in foster care

A Chilean experiment with legal aid and social services cuts time in foster care, with lasting effects for kids and lower costs for programs.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
yesterday ~6 min

How’s the UK attempt to reach net zero going? There’s good news and bad news

The UK’s latest climate change progress report highlights serious gaps.

Piers Forster, Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds • conversation
June 25, 2025 ~7 min


Federal energy office illustrates the perils of fluctuating budgets and priorities

When presidential administrations turn over, funding levels and project priorities change. A look at one specific government office demonstrates how these shifts in direction waste time and money.

Christelle Khalaf, Associate Director, Government Finance Research Center, University of Illinois Chicago • conversation
June 24, 2025 ~11 min

Numbers tell one story about climate change. People tell another.

Policy expert Dustin Tingley studies transition to renewable energy, knows from work, life how economic shifts rattle through communities

Harvard Gazette • harvard
June 10, 2025 ~12 min

Will you be able to get a COVID shot this fall?

An expert digs into what to make of the recent COVID vaccine guidance changes—and whether you will be eligible for a shot this fall.

Boston University • futurity
June 10, 2025 ~12 min

How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ positions US energy to be more costly for consumers and the climate

Some technologies could rapidly cut emissions, while others do little to fight climate change. The House bill favors the latter while nixing support for the former.

Daniel Cohan, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University • conversation
June 10, 2025 ~10 min

Storm damage costs are often a mystery – that’s a problem for understanding extreme weather risk

Forecasters already patch together very rough estimates, and ending NOAA’s ‘billion-dollar disasters’ list means less access to insurance data. Texas’ state climatologists explain why that matters.

William Baule, Research Assistant Professor in Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University • conversation
June 4, 2025 ~9 min

Extreme weather’s true damage cost is often a mystery – that’s a problem for understanding storm risk, but it can be fixed

Forecasters already patch together very rough estimates, and ending NOAA’s ‘billion-dollar disasters’ list means less access to insurance data. Texas’ state climatologists explain why that matters.

William Baule, Research Assistant Professor in Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University • conversation
June 4, 2025 ~9 min


‘We’re still standing … We can still do important work’

Climate researchers wrestling with losses of federal funding, data, and key tools

Harvard Gazette • harvard
June 3, 2025 ~7 min

What you should know about the debate over flouride

Fluoride in drinking water has become a highly charged topic. An expert digs into the debate.

Daryl Lovell-Syracuse • futurity
May 28, 2025 ~6 min

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