Rising diabetes rates lead Kingston to look at banning some adverts on council-owned sites.

With the latest fraudulent AI-econ paper, a number of colleagues from MIT, Brown, Princeton, Univ.

How can we help patients make decisions that are in their best interests? Behavioral economics is a field full of tools that can make the right choice the easy one to make for patients. Gamification, ...

Healthcare workers and officials say falsehoods and conspiracy theories cost lives and are exacerbating inequalities

A statistical analysis of Canadian universities from 1970 to 2022.

Research suggests the price of treating illnesses related to building of computing infrastructure in the US is on the rise

Could the decline of face-to-face interaction tie together several modern mysteries?

I’ve set up a screen-free reading corner, with a ‘comfort stack’ of books that offer nothing but indulgence

Background/Aim Overweight and obesity (OAO) is a major and growing public health crisis in the world. There is convincing medical evidence that caloric overconsumption, rather than lack of exercise, i...

The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee may not think there is much to ultra-processed foods (UPF), but companies making them have just been served with a lawuit. I learned about this from a tweet (...

Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.

Discover four easy ways to use EAST Framework to apply behavioural insights to your business or project with helpful advice from The Behavioural Insights Team.

Social capital can become a golden thread woven throughout public policy, from health to housing to education

Every farm, even the scenic ones with red barns and rolling hills, is a kind of environmental crime scene, an echo of whatever wilderness it once replaced.

As revolutionary new weight-loss drugs turn consumers off ultraprocessed foods, the industry is on the hunt for new products.