Born on the same day, Bill and Ben both grew up to have high status. But in every other way they were polar opposites. People who have lived through floods, heat waves, or other climate-related ...

Moving to more polluted areas was associated with an increase in body mass index, according to an analysis of more than 46,000 children and adolescents living in Catalonia. A large natural experiment ...

This Research Topic is Volume II of a series. The previous volumes can be found here: Natural Disaster Prediction Based on Experimental and Numerical ...

Vaccination against herpes zoster, or shingles, was tied to significantly less dementia risk, a large-scale analysis of electronic health records in Wales showed. Receiving the live-attenuated zoster ...

A unique vaccine rollout in Wales gave researchers an accidental natural experiment that revealed a striking reduction in dementia among seniors who received the shingles vaccine. The protective ...

“Estimating the Impact of Integrated Student Support on Elementary School Achievement: A Natural Experiment” uses the random component of a large urban school district’s school assignment system to ...

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