News tagged with scepticism
Hitches emerge as culprit in 'faster-than-light' particle (Update)
Scientists who last year found particles that appeared to break the Universe's speed limit are looking at two technical issues that could have skewed the controversial finding, CERN said Thursday.
Feb 23, 2012 |
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National differences in reporting of climate scepticism
An Oxford University study of climate change coverage in six countries suggests that newspapers in the UK and the US have given far more column space to the voices of climate sceptics than the press in Brazil, ...
Nov 10, 2011 |
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Feeding the five thousand -- or was it three? Researchers claim most crowd estimations are unreliable
The public should view crowd estimation with scepticism, say the authors of a study published today in Significance, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association, as they suggest more r ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Electronic banking frustrating for customers
Banks could save money and reduce customer frustration by better matching services to technology customers use says a Victoria University researcher.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jun 10, 2011 |
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Half of Britons deny climate change man-made: poll
Almost half of Britons do not believe human behaviour is the main cause of global warming, a new poll showed Sunday, a day before world leaders begin crunch climate talks in Copenhagen.
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Climate change not man-made, say majority of Britons: poll
Less than half of Britons believes that human activity is to blame for global warming, according to a poll carried out for The Times newspaper and published on Saturday.
Nov 15, 2009 |
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