- Paris Climate Agreement passes the cost-benefit test https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-13961-1?utm_campaign=carbon%20brief%20daily%20briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=revue%20newsletter 3 comments science
- What are the benefits of unit testing? https://roadfiresoftware.com/2018/03/what-are-the-benefits-of-unit-testing/ 12 comments swift
- The Costs and Benefits of a Unit Testing Culture http://martinfowler.com/articles/testing-culture.html#costs 17 comments coding
- 900,000 choose to come off sickness benefit ahead of tests http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9963012/900000-choose-to-come-off-sickness-benefit-ahead-of-tests.html 3 comments worldnews
- Universal Benefits Make Sense. Means-Testing Doesn’t. https://jacobinmag.com/2021/12/universal-benefits-means-testing-build-back-better-childcare 187 comments politics
- Genetic Testing May Benefit Patients With Depression https://neurosciencenews.com/pharmacogenomics-depression-21021/ 24 comments futurology
- JSDOM does not offer any benefit over testing in a real browser https://twitter.com/robdel12/status/1178707491317862400 14 comments reactjs
- New drug test agreement could benefit Welker, Gordon http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/09/04/a-new-drug-testing-agreement-could-benefit-welker-gordon/ 101 comments nfl
- Wisconsin Assembly Passes Bills Requiring Drug Tests For Benefits Recipients http://www.wpr.org/wisconsin-assembly-passes-bills-requiring-drug-tests-benefits-recipients 102 comments politics
- Four states emerge as test case for cutting off jobless benefits https://thehill.com/policy/finance/558419-four-states-emerge-as-test-case-for-cutting-off-jobless-benefits 72 comments politics
- Gov. Deal of Georgia signs bill requiring drug test for benefits http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-04-16/gov-deal-signs-bill-requiring-drug-test-benefits 6 comments politics
- Wisconsin Republicans add drug testing requirement to budget to receive unemployment benefits. Fail or refuse and you're banned for 1 year. http://www.jsonline.com/business/123288983.html 20 comments politics
- Docetaxel sensitizes castration resistant prostate cancer to radiotherapy by decreasing Cav-1 expression. Genetic testing of the Cav-1 gene may identify patients who'd most benefit from additional radiotherapy. https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2023.2263553 4 comments science
- [Forbes-Sprung] Toronto Maple Leafs, Raptors, NHL Would Benefit From Canada’s Rapid Test Plan Replacing Quarantine https://www.forbes.com/sites/shlomosprung/2020/10/22/toronto-maple-leafs-raptors-nhl-would-benefit-from-canadas-rapid-test-plan-replacing-quarantine-per-report/#1c545d641629 25 comments hockey
- President Xi Claims Outbreak Will Ultimately Benefit China's Economy; UK Prison Tests For Suspected Cases https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/13-us-virus-case-confirmed-san-diego-china-fires-2-top-health-officials-over-botched 6 comments worldnews
- New laws taking effect today in Nevada include gun measures, drug tests and employee benefits https://lasvegassun.com/news/2020/jan/01/new-laws-taking-effect-today-in-nevada-include-gun/ 4 comments politics
- Trump Administration Finalizes Unemployment Drug Testing Rule | States can now require laid-off workers to pee in cups in order to receive unemployment benefits. https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5d963757e4b0da7f6623700b 62 comments politics
- The Trump administration wants to make it harder for unemployed workers to get benefits - A new rule would let states deny benefits to those who fail a drug test. https://www.vox.com/2019/8/13/20803678/unemployment-benefits-drug-test-rule-trump 25 comments politics
- Testing for genetic weaknesses in repairing DNA could pick out men with prostate cancer who may benefit from a new type of targeted nuclear medicine, a new study reports. https://www.icr.ac.uk/news-archive/gene-test-picks-out-prostate-cancers-patients-who-could-benefit-from-search-and-destroy-medicine 5 comments science
- First controlled study of LSD microdosing finds few benefits and some downsides. Although previous studies have suggested improvements in cognition and emotional processing, the doses of LSD did not have a significant effect on a test of working memory or cognitive functioning. https://www.psypost.org/2019/06/first-controlled-study-of-lsd-microdosing-finds-few-benefits-and-some-downsides-53874 45 comments science
- Arkansas drug testing policy only discovers two drug abusers that received benefits. Can we stop this fallacy that everyone receiving benefits is a drug addicted loser now? https://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-drug-testing-policy-nets-just-two-out-of-thousands-receiving-benefits 30 comments politics
- A proposed Alabama law would require food stamp recipients to be drug tested in order to receive benefits https://www.businessinsider.com/poposed-alabama-law-requires-drug-tests-for-food-stamps-2019-3 34 comments politics
- Frequent sex may have cognitive benefits - A new study suggests that sexually active older adults perform better on memory tasks (N = 6,016). Participants who had sex more often had better performance on the memory test. https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/the-myths-sex/201808/sex-the-brain-frequent-sex-might-have-cognitive-benefits 213 comments science
- Woman’s fight for access to widowed parent’s allowance is testing rights of unmarried couples across country at supreme court’s first hearing in Belfast...state’s refusal to pay Siobhan McLaughlin benefit amounts to discrimination against children born out of wedlock. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/30/unmarried-mother-challenge-benefits-loss-supreme-court-widowed-parent-allowance-belfast-siobhan-mclaughlin 9 comments worldnews
- Babies benefit mentally from dad's involvement early on. Study finds babies whose fathers were more engaged and active when playing with them in their first few months performed better on cognitive tests at age 2. http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/newssummary/news_9-5-2017-9-39-17 172 comments science
- Republicans ain't Americans: The House will use the Congressional Review Act to overturn the unemployment insurance drug testing rule, which severely restricts the states’ ability to limit drug abusers from receiving benefits payments. https://www.majorityleader.gov/2017/02/14/drug-testing-rule/ 11 comments politics
- Denmark considers compulsory language test for all two-year-olds: Parents could face cuts to child benefit if they don't comply, indicates Education Minister http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/denmark-compulsory-language-test-all-two-year-olds-a7342091.html 203 comments worldnews
- Hillary Clinton attacks Bernie Sanders' progressive agenda. It is not merely criticizing Sanders for suspicious math. It is suggesting the test for any proposed initiative is what taxes it imposes, regardless of what benefits it might bring. This is the kind of argument that conservatives make. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/clinton-sanders-taxes_564bcbbfe4b06037734ba1bd 717 comments politics
- Four of ten refugees fail Danish language test: Newly-released government figures show that a high number of asylum seekers fail to attend the country's language courses and that attendance is worse among those who receive public benefits. http://www.thelocal.dk/20150624/4-out-of-10-refugees-fail-danish-language-test 47 comments worldnews
- This is why I don't rely on Social Security for FI. Paul Rand favors raising the retirement age to 70 and requiring means testing before people can receive Social Security and Medicare benefits. http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/02/20/rand-paul-president-decision/23766933/ 3 comments financialindependence
- The Michigan House on Wednesday approved a long-discussed pilot program that would mandate suspicion-based drug testing for welfare recipients, who could lose cash benefits for failing more than one test http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/12/welfare_drug_testing_pilot_pro.html 31 comments politics
- Green Surroundings Linked to Higher Student Test Scores: New research on Massachusetts schoolchildren finds a tangible benefit to regular exposure to nature. http://www.psmag.com/navigation/nature-and-technology/nature-green-surroundings-linked-higher-student-test-scores-92438/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+miller-mccune%2Fmain_feed+%28pacific+standard+-+main+feed%29 7 comments science
- First blood test to diagnose depression in adults: Test identifies nine blood markers tied to depression; predicts who will benefit from therapy http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2014/09/first-blood-test-to-diagnose-depression-in-adults.html 28 comments science
- Three More States Try to Impose Pee-Tests for Public Benefits: On Monday, an unemployment drug testing bill passed the Arkansas Senate. On Tuesday, a welfare drug testing bill won a Senate committee vote in North Carolina. And on Wednesday, a welfare drug testing bill passed the Texas Senate. http://www.alternet.org/three-more-states-try-impose-pee-tests-public-benefits 48 comments politics
- "The Republican-controlled Kansas House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation that would require drug testing for members of the state Legislature along with those seeking welfare and unemployment benefits." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/27/kansas-drug-testing_n_2965176.html 6 comments politics
- House Republicans proposed allowing states to drug tests those receiving unemployment benefits. Why not drug test all those who benefit from federal programs, like bank executives who helped crash our economy before being rescued with taxpayer dollars? http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/12/drug_testing.html 7 comments politics
- Ohio GOP Rep. Wants Drug Tests For Anyone Who Seeks Unemployment Benefits or other government aid. They of course, have to pay for the tests up front. http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/08/25/304717/ohio-gop-rep-wants-drug-tests-for-anyone-who-seeks-unemployment-benefits/ 21 comments politics
- What no one says about Medicare: (a) benefits are not generous, (b) seniors already pay substantial out of pocket fees, and (c) Medicare premiums are already means-tested, with higher-income beneficiaries required to contribute more. http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/06/medicare_costs.html 5 comments politics
- The Missouri House has voted to require drug testing for certain people receiving cash welfare benefits and for elected state officials. http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/1727939.html 76 comments politics
- WV's Craig Blair wants random drug testing for anyone getting foodstamps, welfare or unemployment benefits. Shouldn't the same hold true for the CEO's and executives of Wall St, the Car Companies, Bank of America, AIG, and anyone else we've bailed out? Let him know. Let's get this done. http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=51001 69 comments politics