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Let’s Talk About Death: The State of Medicolegal Death Investigations

We will all die. But generally, people don’t like talking about it, and fewer people want to make the details of death their actual job. Accurate death reporting, however, is…

06.21.23 | 5 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Next-Generation Fire and Vegetation Modeling for a Hot and Dry Future

Summary  Wildfires are burning in ways that surprise even seasoned firefighters. Our current models cannot predict this extreme fire behavior—nor can they reproduce recent catastrophic wildfires, making them likely to…

06.20.23 | 9 min read
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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
Save Lives by Making Smoke Tracking a Core Part of Wildland Fire Management

Toxic smoke from wildland fire spreads far beyond fire-prone areas, killing many times more people than the flames themselves and disrupting the lives of tens of millions of people nationwide….

06.16.23 | 7 min read
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Focused Research Organizations: A New Model for Scientific Research

Scientific research and development often occurs in starts and stops: insights and innovations grow rapidly out of new research fields, but over time, the low hanging fruit is picked off,…

06.15.23 | 4 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Collaboration for the Future of Public and Active Transportation

Summary Public and active transportation are not equally accessible to all Americans. Due to a lack of sufficient infrastructure and reliable service for public transportation and active modes like biking,…

06.15.23 | 6 min read
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