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- Tearing down abandoned houses and buildings in Detroit’s most blight-stricken neighborhoods, in the name of public safety and quality of life, is associated with 11% drop in homicides and serious injuries caused by firearms in areas where demolitions took place, without an increase in nearby areas. http://news.umich.edu/blight-busting-demolitions-reduced-gun-injuries-deaths-in-detroit-neighborhoods/ 952 comments science
- Doubt about doctoral thesis of Spanish prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez. Leaked photos of it show a low quality thesis, with copy/paste fragments without citations, and the thesis was later pushished as a book under the name of other person. He got a Cum laude for it (max grade). https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/09/12/inenglish/1536754843_359775.html 15 comments worldnews