News tagged with cultural conflicts

Why do pivotal cultural differences among countries exist?

In today's world, conflicts and misunderstandings frequently arise between those who are from more restrictive cultures and those from less restrictive ones. Now, a new international study led by the University of Maryland ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research examines stereotypes of immigrants to the United States

the largest and fastest-growing immigrant population in the U.S. - are viewed most negatively by Ohioans in a survey comparison of stereotypes of immigrants from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. The research ...

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Yale study concludes public apathy over climate change unrelated to science literacy

Are members of the public divided about climate change because they don't understand the science behind it? If Americans knew more basic science and were more proficient in technical reasoning, would public consensus match ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 82 | with audio podcast

Social media used to collect information on marine wilderness

(Phys.org) -- Researchers from Murdoch University's Cetacean Research Unit are working with colleagues from Duke University in the US and Marine Ventures Foundation on an innovative project that will use social ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows religion is a potent force for cooperation, conflict

Across history and cultures, religion increases trust within groups but also may increase conflict with other groups, according to an article in a special issue of Science.

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (9) | comments 119 | with audio podcast

The absence of elephants and rhinoceroses reduces biodiversity in tropical forests

The progressive disappearance of seed-dispersing animals like elephants and rhinoceroses puts the structural integrity and biodiversity of the tropical forest of South-East Asia at risk. With the help of Spanish ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China

In the first exhibition of its kind, the Fitzwilliam Museum will relate the story of the quest for immortality and struggle for imperial legitimacy in ancient China’s Han Dynasty.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Counterterrorism expert says democracy in Central Asia lost in translation

University of Kansas expert on counterterrorism and human rights in Central Asia says democracy got lost in translation in this part of the world.

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created May 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Preventing, reversing terrorist radicalization: New research initiative

A University of Maryland-led team of international experts will investigate ways to understand, prevent and reverse the radicalization of young people in destabilized areas of the world, and to keep them from ...

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created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New study reveals a hidden nuclear history

On the week of the 26th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, the first-ever study of nuclear engineers has shown how they were shaped by secrecy and shifting goals. First defined by the Second World War’s Manhattan ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Global prices of pollination-dependent products such as coffee could rise in the long term: study

In recent years the economic value of pollination-dependent crops has substantially increased around the world. As a team of researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), the Technical ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Discovery of Indian artifacts complicates Genesis solar project

The Feb. 27 letter from the chairman of the Colorado River Indian Tribes was pleading and tough. It asked President Barack Obama to slow the federal government's "frantic pursuit" of massive solar energy projects in the Mojave ...

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created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5


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