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Political commitment is discouraged by digital violence

Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Reports and Proceedings

The majority of politically active Germans experience digital violence. The results of a study conducted by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in cooperation with the human rights organization HateAid show that around two thirds of affected women have experienced sexualized online attacks. Around one third of the respondents who experienced online aggression were also physically attacked. More than half changed their behavior – from self-restrictions on communications to the intention of abandoning their political involvement.

Funder: Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt) of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW)

Small-scale fisheries essential to global nutrition, livelihoods

Duke University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Small-scale fisheries play a significant but overlooked role in global fisheries production and are key to addressing hunger and malnutrition while supporting livelihoods around the world, according to research featured in Nature. Published by an international team of scientists, the study is the first to rigorously quantify how marine and inland small-scale fisheries contribute to aquatic harvests and nutritional and socioeconomic security on a global scale.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Oak Foundation, Resilient Aquatic Food Systems Initiative

Calls to curb invasive species spread via untreated water transfer

Newcastle University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Experts are warning of the risks of spreading invasive and non-native species when moving large volumes of untreated lake, reservoir and river water.

Journal: Management of Biological Invasions

What a magic school bus taught us about science education

Virginia Tech
Grant and Award Announcement

Matthew Wisnioski, associate professor in Virginia Tech’s Department of Science, Technology, and Society, received a National Science Foundation grant to explore the history of “The Magic School Bus,” and to better understand how multimedia, educational entertainment experiments transformed science education.

Marine animals consume microplastic particles and excrete them in feces, posing risks to the marine environment

Tel-Aviv University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

new Tel Aviv University study has uncovered alarming findings about the spread of microplastic particles in the marine food web. In recent years, numerous studies have examined the dangers of marine animals and more specifically, filter-feeding organisms, ingesting non-degradable microplastic particles. In the current study, the research team sought to understand how the biological filtration by filter-feeding organisms effect the microplastics in their environment.

Journal: Chemosphere

Medicare enrollment linked to sharp decline in use of mental healthcare services

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

People with substantial mental health needs appear to receive much less mental healthcare upon aging into Medicare, according to a first-of-its-kind study.

Journal: Health Services Research

Long before the L.A. fires, America’s housing crisis displaced millions

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A USC study reveals how decades of policy missteps fueled today’s housing crisis, pushing the dream of homeownership out of reach for millions, including the largest generation in U.S. history: millennials.

Journal: RSF The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences