Science 12 December 2014: Vol. 346 no. 6215 pp. 1308-1309 DOI: 10.1126/science.346.6215.1308 A flock of genomes – Guojie Zhang, Erich D. Jarvis, M. Thomas P. Gilbert “Characterization of genomic biodiversity through comprehensive species sampling has the potential to change our understanding of evolution. To study evolution across a major vertebrate class, dissect the genomics of complex traits, and… Continue Reading
Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery Since 2002
Monthly Archives: December 2014
OECD Pensions Outlook 2014
OECD Pensions Outlook 2014 “This 2014 edition of the OECD Pensions Outlook examines the ever-changing pensions landscape. It looks at pension reform, the role of private pensions and retirement savings. Population ageing and longevity risk is examined as are the means of increasing coverage and providing automatic enrolment. The volume is rounded out by a… Continue Reading
OECD Foreign Bribery Report
OECD Foreign Bribery Report – An Analysis of the Crime of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials. December 2, 2014. “This report endeavours to measure, and to describe, transnational corruption based on data from the 427 foreign bribery cases that have been concluded since the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in 1999.” Continue Reading
2014 Livability Index of the 35 best cities for people 35 and under
The Livability Index: The 35 Best U.S. Cities For People 35 and Under Our semi-exhaustive, largely scientific guide to America’s most livable cities, updated for 2014 “To reach our top 35, we started with the 100 most populous cities in America and used open-source Internet data to measure vital stats like salary and employment rates,… Continue Reading
Journalism Partnerships A New Era of Interest
“One recurring theme in the Pew Research Center’s journalism research over the last two years has been that of newsroom collaborations. In its examinations of nonprofit news outlets, newspaper innovations, statehouse reporting and digital startups, The center has encountered news providers teaming up in new ways. Legacy media outlets are looking more than ever for ways… Continue Reading
Why U.S. Women Are Leaving Jobs Behind
Why U.S. Women Are Leaving Jobs Behind By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and LIZ ALDERMAN “The work force participation of American women has declined, as it has for men. But their situation is often quite different.” Continue Reading
GPO Posts Audio Tape Recording – Post JFK Assassination Air Force One Flight Deck
Audio Tape Recording – Post JFK Assassination Air Force One Flight Deck Recording Side 1 MP3 > Side 2 MP3 > Continue Reading
Gallup – In U.S., Standard of Living Ratings Improving in 2014
News release: “In line with a recent raft of good economic news — including robust gross domestic product growth in the third quarter and November’s strong jobs report — nearly six in 10 Americans said in November that their standard of living was getting better (58%). This is close to the highest monthly value in… Continue Reading
New GAO Report – College and Career Readiness, Health Care, Hurricane Sandy, Aviation Securrity
College-and-Career Readiness: States Have Made Progress in Implementing New Standards and Assessments, but Challenges Remain, GAO-15-104R: Published: Dec 12, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 12, 2014. Grant Program Consolidations: Lessons Learned and Implications for Congressional Oversight, GAO-15-125: Published: Dec 12, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 12, 2014. Grants Management: Programs at HHS and HUD Collect Administrative Cost Information but… Continue Reading
CFPB Spotlights Concerns with Medical Debt Collection and Reporting
“…the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report that found medical debt has a significant impact on consumer credit, as 43 million Americans have overdue medical debt on their credit reports. The CFPB is concerned that the systems for incurring, collecting, and reporting medical debt can create difficult challenges for consumers. To better address… Continue Reading
The Vanishing Male Worker – NYT
The Vanishing Male Worker: How America Fell Behind, by Binyamin Appelbaum: “Working, in America, is in decline. The share of prime-age men – those 25 to 54 years old – who are not working has more than tripled since the late 1960s, to 16 percent…Many men, in particular, have decided that low-wage work will not… Continue Reading
The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases
The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases: retrospective observational study. BMJ 2014; 349 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g7015 (Published 10 December 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;349:g7015 “Objective To identify the source (press releases or news) of distortions, exaggerations, or changes to the main conclusions drawn from research that could potentially influence a reader’s… Continue Reading
