People react more positively to new technologies when hearing spoken descriptions of them than when the identical information is written down, a new study finds.
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2022
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A dissertation from the University of Gothenburg, for which the author studied presidential elections around the world among other things, shows that the closer the race appeared to be in the opinion polls before the elections, ...
Political science
Feb 23, 2022
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A national poll provides a snapshot into public sentiment about the acceptability of violent protest against federal, state and local government, providing current insights about the state of U.S. democracy and safety of ...
Political science
Feb 3, 2022
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Twenty-five years after the website Sixdegrees.com began a revolution in the way people used the internet, a third of Americans say social media does more harm than good to their mental health. Nearly half said that social ...
Social Sciences
Feb 3, 2022
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More than 99.9% of peer-reviewed scientific papers agree that climate change is mainly caused by humans, according to a new survey of 88,125 climate-related studies.
Environment
Oct 19, 2021
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Indonesia, like its regional neighbors in Southeast Asia, has supported capital punishments for decades, particularly for drug-related offenses.
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2021
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With Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson both flying to space in craft made by their own private companies, July 2021 was perhaps the highest-profile month for space in years. But these events have been met with a mix of opinion.
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2021
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Even though Americans shared the experience of living through a global pandemic, their individual attitudes towards it differed and evolved—sometimes dramatically.
Social Sciences
Jul 23, 2021
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Public opinion polls ahead of the 2020 election were the most inaccurate in a generation, according to Josh Clinton, Abby and Jon Winkelried Chair and professor of political science, who recently served as chair of a special ...
Mathematics
Jul 20, 2021
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More than six months after the astonishing polling embarrassment in the 2020 U.S. elections, survey experts examining what went wrong are uncertain about what led to the sharpest discrepancy between the polls and popular ...
Social Sciences
May 20, 2021
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