Keeping aging coal plants open, building new gas plants and choices about pollution controls affect electricity bills. Pollution adds health costs and climate damage that may not appear on those bills.
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Decades of pollution at Pittsburgh brownfields left bacteria that evolved to survive it – and maybe help clean up contaminated soil.
Universities and colleges won’t necessarily pay students to sleep. But they can offer other incentives that encourage them to close their eyes earlier.
TikTok’s lawsuit fits a pattern – from cigarettes to opioids – of courts stepping in where lawmakers won’t.
Public interest technology ensures that public policies are implemented in ways that change people’s lives.
Energy is meant to improve people’s lives. Often cost prevents residents from making the most of that opportunity, so they cut back on energy use to be able to pay the bills.
Differences in beliefs may not be what drives people apart. A belief that someone else is wrong may be the stronger force.
A Carnegie Mellon University marketing researcher explains why the love of a retro Pizza Hut has more to do with the relationships attached to it than pizza.
There is no single thermostat setting that is right for every person or every home. And there are other easy, low-cost steps that can help keep everyone comfortable when hot weather sets in.
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court says skill games are gambling. As lawmakers rush to tax them, a CMU scholar says the debate skips a more fundamental question.
A Carnegie Mellon researcher explains the connection between our brains and AI chatbots – and what a new Pennsylvania lawsuit reveals about the dangers of AI.
Your body likely contains an accumulation of various PFAS types, making it difficult to trace them to their sources.
Not all problems are caused by personal choices.
Using existing backup generators as regular sources of electricity would emit lots of pollution into American skies and endanger people’s health.
When the NFL draft comes to town, Pittsburgh will be cast as a destination city – but that comes with risks, too.
À Seattle, une loi a doublé la rémunération de base des livreurs des plateformes. Mais une étude montre que leurs revenus mensuels n'ont presque pas bougé.
Facing your own thoughts and sensations, without trying to suppress them, is harder than it may seem. But learning to do it can boost your mental health.
Base pay rose as intended, but the drivers’ total compensation, including tips, didn’t increase.
A new study from a Pittsburgh hospital finds that trauma patients recover faster when emergency medical teams have shared experience working together.
As AI data centers are added to Pennsylvania’s existing infrastructure, they bring the promise of economic growth − and a massive, 24/7 appetite for electricity.
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Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
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Associate Professor of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
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Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
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Alex Hills Career Development Associate Professor of Engineering and Public Policy, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor of Economics and Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor of Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
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Distinguished Career Professor of Machine Learning and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
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Professor of Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Carnegie Mellon University
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Ph.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University