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Toxic neighborhoods in black and white
African Americans and single mothers with young children compose a disproportionate share of the population living in the most polluted neighborhoods in America, a CU sociologist has found.
Depression Rx: Get dirty, get warm
The man who discovered that playing in the dirt might ease depression is probing the link between higher temperatures and elevated mood.
‘Cheaters’ profit from ‘fine print’
Do you read the “fine print?” No? Many of us don't. Counting on consumers who glaze over the “fine print” may be one way firms “cheat,” offering sub-standard products to the masses, according to new research by Professor Yongmin Chen.
Tons of sludge, tons of questions
Just after midnight on Dec. 22, 2008, 5.4 million cubic yards of coal-fly ash overflowed a retention pond near the Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee. The event, which is still being sorted out, made for a perfect case study for Jill Litt's critical-thinking class.
