Aid to the rescue FIFTY years ago the first United Nations Conference on Trade and Development launched a debate about how much money rich countries should give to poor ones to reduce poverty and bolster growth. In the end, the UN settled on a figure of 0.7% of national income—a target subsequently reaffirmed by endless international powwows. Although few […]
Aid to the rescue In a paper published in 2011 Markus Brückner, then of the University of Adelaide, estimates the impact of aid on 47 countries between 1960 and 2000. Donors tend to give less to faster-growing countries, he says, which can produce a negative correlation between growth and aid. By looking at periods when severe weather and dramatic […]
A Rare 1914 Silent Film Was Considered Lost Forever. A Professor Rescued It From a Vault. Professor Denise Khor of Northeastern University discovered a rare piece of movie history while she was doing research for a book about film culture. The reels she found in 2016 were believed to be the only known copy of “The Oath of the Sword.” It is among the earliest Asian-American films, historians said.
WGBH Data rescue movement seeks to fight Trump administration’s anti-science agenda “For participants, it is something really concrete that you can do that is not just feeling that you’re unsettled by the way this administration approaches science,” said Sara Wylie, an assistant professor of sociology and health science at Northeastern and one of the organizers of the event. “It is a really good, tangible activity for […]
Voice of America US commandos take part in Yemen rescue mission A day after the Pentagon refused to comment, a defense official told VOA that the U.S. military “supported and cooperated with Yemeni forces” in an operation that freed Yemeni hostages and an Ethiopian. Yemeni officials had said earlier that Tuesday’s raid, in an eastern portion of the country known as an al-Qaida safe haven, also […]
The Verge The EPA’s website makes climate change a priority again “Federal government: This was paid for by taxpayer dollars. You don’t really have the right to delete or remove it,” Sara Wylie, an associate professor at Northeastern University and a cofounder of EDGI, told The Verge last year.
WGBH No bang, just fizzle: The iPad revolution that wasn’t – news media burned again Of all the good technological innovations that were supposedly going to rescue the news business from the bad technological innovations that had laid it low, perhaps none was more highly touted than Apple’s iPad.
Tech Republic Why SMBs are at high risk for ransomware attacks, and how they can protect themselves Ransomware dominated the cyberthreat landscape in 2016, costing businesses more than $1 billion. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are extremely vulnerable to these attacks—and they often pay the price, since they don’t have the means, or don’t know how, to combat these threats. “Small and medium-size business typically have fewer resources (e.g., money as well […]
NJ.com Dead in the water? U.S. Coast Guard deals with aging fleet and mounting budget woes In fact, an examination of Coast Guard records found that dozens of key vessels routinely deployed for search-and-rescue and law enforcement missions were never ready last year, and for increasingly longer periods of time. The agency reported that its 34 high and medium-endurance cutters, and 37 large patrol boats, were stuck at the pier and […]
International Business Times Quality crisis at GM: The worst year for recalls since 2004 General Motors Co.’s (NYSE:GM) problems have gotten so bad that this year it has recalled more vehicles than it’s sold since the company’s 2009 bankruptcy, raising questions about whether the century-old carmaker has made any progress under U.S. taxpayer support. The last time GM had a recall even close to this year’s 13.7 million vehicle […]