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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 24-Apr-2026 10:17 ET (24-Apr-2026 14:17 GMT/UTC)

From practice to policy: why farmer collaboration matters for biodiversity

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study sheds light on how farmer-led collaboration can help create the conditions to address biodiversity loss in agricultural landscapes.

Journal: Agricultural Systems

Do cash transfers lead to traumatic injury or death?

New York University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cash transfer programs, which provide money directly to recipients, are growing in the United States, but face significant scrutiny, with questions over their value. In addition, some contend that these payments can lead to harm—recipients, they claim, will use the cash to immediately buy alcohol or drugs, leading to injury or death. However, a new 11-year study of a long-standing cash-transfer program in Alaska finds no evidence that direct cash payments increase the risk of traumatic injury or death.

Journal: American Journal of Epidemiology

Sanity check warns EVs and heat pumps deliver “no proven carbon savings” ahead of 2030 clean‑power target

Queen Mary University of London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

UK electric vehicles and heat pumps have not yet delivered any proven carbon savings and may offer little benefit even with a decarbonised grid, according to a major new analysis by researchers at Queen Mary University of London. The study argues that current net‑zero policy is “misplaced”, with the UK prioritising electrification before it has enough clean power to support it.

Journal: Environmental Research Energy

LGB individuals in Israel aspire to be parents — far more than in Poland. Why?

Reichman University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new international study explores why lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people in Israel express a stronger desire for parenthood than those in Poland, and how public policy and legislation may help explain the gap.

Journal: Sexuality Research and Social Policy

The writing is on the wall — Are kids ditching pens for keyboards?

Edith Cowan University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A nation-wide study of more than 500 Australian primary school students in Year 2 has revealed how beginner writers’ attitude and motivation towards writing is related to the quality of their writing and writing skills (handwriting vs keyboarding).

Journal: Reading and Writing
Funder: Ian Potter Foundation

Physicians are not providers: New ACP paper says names in health care have ethical significance

American College of Physicians
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new ethics policy paper from the American College of Physicians (ACP) says the term ‘provider’ should not be used to describe physicians, and using the blanket term undermines physicians’ ethical responsibility, clinical integrity, and professionalism.

Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine

What would bring nurses back? New research shows how hospitals can reverse nursing workforce losses

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Most registered nurses who recently left hospital employment are motivated to return to health care work—and safe nurse staffing levels is the top factor that would bring them back, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR).

Journal: JAMA Network Open

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