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  • Montana Center Destroys Unwanted Guns—Trying to Make a Dent in 300 Million

    June 05, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Helena, Montana

    When a person no longer wants a firearm, they might sell it at a garage sale or give it away, increasing the likelihood that the gun could fall into the wrong hands. The National Center for Unwanted Firearms takes these unwanted guns and repurposes them for law enforcement, gives them to a certified retailer that runs background checks on its customers, or simply destroys them.

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  • How Canadian Cops Ended a Decade-Long Fight Over How to Manage the World's Polar Bears

    June 05, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba

    Differing laws, policing, and management across borders has made it difficult to combat the huge industry that is Wildlife Crime, but a new approach in Canada is showing the way for some common ground. By collaborating with local sellers, a micro-chip can be attached to pelts to track their movement and discern whether the pelt is being sold illegally or not -- even across borders.

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  • Gun Studies: Permit Laws Reduce Murders; Red Flag Laws Cut Suicides

    June 04, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Indiana

    New research on “red flag laws,” which allow the removal of guns police or courts deem someone is a danger to themselves or others, shows they have been effective at reducing firearms-related suicides when there is effective enforcement. However there is little data on how they affect murder rates, while gun permit laws requiring people to have licenses to buy guns do appear to decrease murder rates, according to another new study.

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  • Fuel, Oxygen, and Heat

    May 28, 2018 |

    Mountain Outlaw |

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    Response Location: United States, Boise, Idaho

    A diversity and inclusion task force in the Bureau of Land Management is working to change a culture that makes it hard for women to stay in fire-fighting professions. Through creating room for conversation, hosting focus groups, and hiring a full-time diversity and inclusion employee, the culture is on its way to changing for the better.

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  • Tracing Illegal Guns

    May 23, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, Pennsylvania

    A publicly available online platform launched by the New York Attorney General fills in big data gaps on guns being used in crimes and trafficked from elsewhere. “We were able to get a snapshot really quickly of where the worst guns are ending up and where they started.” The data can establish groundwork for interstate trafficking cases and also inform policy decisions and New York is happy to share the technology other communities can build their own databases.

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  • How Max's injury became Max's Law

    May 23, 2018 |

    InvestigateWest |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    After a high school football player in Oregon was concussed in a game, his condition elevated to a traumatic brain injury when he was sent back in to play without proper rest. To combat this lapse in judgment from happening again, the state passed legislation that "set out guidelines that a coach must follow in the event that he or she suspects a player has received a blow to the head or body and then exhibits signs or symptoms consistent with a concussion."

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  • Despite Many Threats, Some Coral Reefs Are Thriving

    May 23, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Cook Islands, Rarotonga

    The 100 Island Challenge is a project through the University of California, San Diego to use photos and complex mapping programs to assess the health of coral reefs. Despite media attention declaring the demise of reefs, early stages of this research has shown that protective factors, like areas with less pollution, can help preserve reefs. By getting buy-in from local governments and working with local fisheries, the 100 Island Challenge is working to use new knowledge around coral reefs to lessen the effects of climate change on these precious ecosystems.

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  • Phoenix Union helps with financial aid forms to get more students into college

    May 22, 2018 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    During the 2017-2018 school year, students in Arizona missed out on $65 million in free federal financial aid. The Be a Leader Foundation counsels first-generation and low-income students - during the inaugural year of the program, Be a Leader saw a 26 percent increase in students who filled out the FAFSA form.

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  • Paint the Town with Data in Boston's New 3D Model

    May 16, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    A newly developed 3D smart model of the city of Boston will be accessible to the public, allowing anyone to look at projects being built, areas prone to flooding, and even how shadows affect the city. Different map views also show zoning, public transportation lines, schools, and more. The openness of this model is providing groundbreaking access to information that will help both citizens and the local government plan better for Boston’s future.

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  • Human Biases Are Built into AI—this Artist Is Helping to Change That

    May 15, 2018 |

    Artsy |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A diverse group of people developing, coding, and testing artificial intelligence technologies is critical as the inherent biases of the creators can be found in the AI. Artist Stephanie Dinkins is working to raise awareness of the role AI plays in daily life, the narrow stream of data and perspective informing most AI, and the value of diversity in AI development.

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