Work in fundraising? This new research shows that when someone else covers the cost of impact data, donors give 13% more effectively. Keep in mind: some donors prefer their entire gift go directly to programs, not data collection.

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Outsourcing cost of ‘impact’ data could mean 13% more bang for every charitable buck

When donors are better informed, they can accomplish more with the money they give away. But who should pay for that information?

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#Israel isn’t the first country to target nuclear scientists to keep its enemies from getting the bomb. Two political scientists who have documented more than 100 cases say that, in addition to the ethical issues, it’s not clear that this is an effective strategy: https://buff.ly/NoTRoVw

The term “lone gunman,” routinely deployed in the aftermath of mass shootings, may offer a comforting explanation, but it’s dangerously simplistic, more often applied to white men, and obscures the conditions that made the violence possible, a scholar of extremism explains: https://buff.ly/rSMp4W5

Metro Detroit is growing. But the growth in the outer-ring suburbs is different from the inner-ring suburbs. An urban sociologist explains:

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Metro Detroit is growing – but its suburbs are telling a more complicated story

The outer ring of suburbs is attracting more new residents − and they are richer and better educated.

The true cost of #dementia care in the US is $277 billion per year, with $224 billion worth of care coming from unpaid family and friend caregivers. New research reveals the hidden burden on families and communities. https://buff.ly/1K8JDTK

Efforts to ban Chinese students in the U.S. are not unprecedented.These students contribute more than $14 billion to the U.S. economy each year, with nearly half of them enrolled in graduate programs and playing vital roles in labs and classrooms. https://buff.ly/mhYbl6D

Research finds that women move more quickly from opioid prescriptions to addictive misuse. One factor: the role that estrogen, progesterone and testosterone play in opioid addiction.

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New research suggests estrogen and progesterone could play role in opioid addiction and relapse

Why are some individuals at greater risk for developing opioid dependence and addiction? Two neuroscientists at Rowan University discuss their late...

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Tighter parental control is associated with problematic internet use. Why strict screen time limits aren’t effective, according to this study:

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Stricter monitoring of tween and teen internet use may not always be better

Sharply restricting kids’ use of digital media is linked with problematic internet use — but it is still unclear why.

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Listening to audiobooks – compared to just watching videos – allow kids (and us all) to better develop their listening and imaginative skills. https://buff.ly/SoL1qCC