As voters seeking information about political issues increasingly turn to LLMs to do research, will AI lead them astray with hallucinations and bias, distorting the democratic process? Maybe not, according to a study of AI ...
Political science
Oct 6, 2026
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Much of the field of sociology treats systemic racism as its default explanation for racial disparities rather than as an open question that requires further investigation and evidence, according to a recent position paper. ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2026
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Why does the expansion of wind energy sometimes meet with local resistance, even though renewable energy generally enjoys broad support? RIFS researcher Jörg Radtke used a representative survey of 6,284 people in North Rhine-Westphalia ...
Economics & Business
Oct 5, 2026
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A year or so after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the city of Murmansk in Russia's Arctic northwest marked its annual regional day with a celebration for children. Alongside the sons and daughters of Russian soldiers ...
Political science
Oct 5, 2026
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Almost every ceremonial object or ornament of the medieval papal monarchy has disappeared or lost its original purpose. Yet one survives: the golden rose. On Sept. 26, 2026, during Pope Leo XIV's visit to France, he traveled ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2026
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The 2026 U.S. midterm campaigns are the first in which AI-generated political ads are regularly appearing on people's televisions and social media feeds. We are researchers who have been studying political advertising through ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2026
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A new study led by an academic staff member from the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka has analyzed trust between police and ethnic minorities in Aotearoa New Zealand and the United States, revealing meaningful similarities ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2026
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Japan has the lowest measured rate of homelessness of any wealthy nation. Finland is the only country in Europe that has driven homelessness down over decades rather than watched it climb.
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2026
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European deportation practices are governed by a complex web of European, national and human rights law, says the author of a paper published in the International Journal of Migration and Border Studies. Based on 100,000 ...
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2026
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As Americans prepared to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday on the morning of July 4, sobering images flashed across their phones and TV screens. Hundreds of masked men marched through the streets of Washington carrying ...
Political science
Oct 2, 2026
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