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Internet voting still faces hurdles in US

Shop online. Bank online. Why not vote online?

Technology / Other

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Study: Vast majority of EU citizens are marginalized by dominance of English language

The European Union has 27 member countries and 23 official languages, but its official business is carried out primarily in one language — English. Yet the striking findings of a new study show that barely a third of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Protest exposes Silicon Valley-Hollywood rivalry

In a move that heightens the growing tension between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, Wikipedia and other websites went dark Wednesday in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

What happens to the young and educated without a job?

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by the University of Oxford is looking at how young educated people who are unemployed become politicized in different ways - either through violent struggle or as reformers ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New racism in 'reasonable accommodation'

It seems history has once again repeated itself. The recent introduction of a 'statement of values' by one of Quebec's biggest cities, Gatineau, harkens back to the 2007 outbreak of race anxiety when the village of Hérouxville ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 8

Black and white American voters live in one country, but two different worlds

The political outlook of blacks in America has undergone dramatic swings in the last ten years — from the depths of powerlessness during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, to the zenith with the election of the first ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

China censors web after tax riots

China on Friday blocked online access to news of riots by thousands of people who clashed with police in an eastern manufacturing city in what began as a protest over taxes.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Coinstar's 3Q earnings soar, Redbox prices to rise

(AP) -- Redbox's DVD rental kiosks are attracting movie lovers fed up with Netflix's video subscription service. But now Redbox's owner, Coinstar Inc., is risking its own customer backlash by raising its prices, the same ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mexican migrants to the US risk 'clinically significant' mental-health problems, study finds

Mexican migrants to the U.S. risk "clinically significant" mental-health problems, study finds.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Demographics cloud optimism on black violent crime decrease

Optimism about studies that show a drop in the black percentage of crime may be dampened by demographic trends and statistical aberrations, according to a group of criminologists.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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