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Monthly Archives: November 2017

Fickle media drive disaster relief. Guess who loses.

November 30, 2017by joerojasburke Leave a comment

These estimates come from a terrific analysis of the influence of mass media on U.S. government response to 5,000 natural disasters around the world from 1968 to 2002. It shows […]

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health & medicine, journalism

How Mexico’s ‘chicken peacocks’ conquered the world

November 24, 2017by joerojasburke Leave a comment

Note the boy on the left and the dog on the lower right, both seizing the moment to make off with a prized turkey. This engraving was made in 1589, […]

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history, science, srsly?

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