Childhood violence in Asia costs society dear
Violence against children costs countries in the East Asia and Pacific region more than $200 billion - or nearly two per cent of the area's Gross Domestic Product.
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2016
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Advertising is driving social media-fuelled fake news and it is here to stay
The rise of fake news, once only the preserve of certain types of tabloids has now become a dominant feature of social media and a subject of major concern for mainstream media.
Internet
Nov 9, 2016
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How Twitter bots affected the US presidential campaign
Key to democracy is public engagement – when people discuss the issues of the day with each other openly, honestly and without outside influence. But what happens when large numbers of participants in that conversation ...
Internet
Nov 9, 2016
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The thinnest photodetector in the world
The Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has developed the world's thinnest photodetector, that is a device that converts light into an electric current. With a thickness ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 9, 2016
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Tougher action needed in the fight against scientific fraud
What is there to stop someone publishing scientific research that is based on no actual research or uses fake evidence to support their claims?
Other
Nov 9, 2016
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5
Why all the super-buzz about the supermoon?
A beautiful full moon will grace our skies on Monday November 14 this year. Full moons always rise around sunset, so look for it towards the east during evening twilight.
Space Exploration
Nov 9, 2016
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New nanosensors for the detection of TNT
A new type of sensor has the potential to replace sniffer dogs when it comes to detecting explosives such as TNT. This week, researchers from a number of institutions including TU Delft are publishing an article about this ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 9, 2016
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Book explores origin of racial divide in early colonial Spain
In December of 1554 in Mexico City, members of Tenochtitlan's indigenous cabildo, or its city council, wrote a petition to Emperor Charles V of Spain seeking administrative changes to "save us from any Spaniard, mestizo, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 9, 2016
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Archaeologists describe how Ezekiel's Wheel helped turn African Americans into Christians
At the site of a plantation where abolitionist Frederick Douglass once lived, University of Maryland (UMD) archaeologists have uncovered striking evidence of how African and Christian religious beliefs blended and merged ...
Archaeology
Nov 9, 2016
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Scientists probe underground depths of Earth's carbon cycle
Understanding how carbon dissolves in water at the molecular level under extreme conditions is critical to understanding the Earth's deep carbon cycle—a process that ultimately influences global climate change.
Earth Sciences
Nov 9, 2016
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