Smartphones and the internet have revolutionised society, commerce, and politics, reshaping how we work and play, and how our brains are wired. They have even revolutionised how revolutions are made.
Other
Mar 5, 2018
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India's Supreme Court began hearing submissions Wednesday to determine whether Indians have a constitutional right to privacy in a challenge to the government's massive biometric database, which critics argue violates that ...
Security
Jul 19, 2017
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Despite some progress, significant racial inequities have stagnated, and in some cases grown worse, in Chicago since the civil rights movement, according to a new report by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers.
Social Sciences
May 15, 2017
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The UCLA Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles today released a new research report on segregation and its alternatives in Washington D.C. showing that despite the sharply increasing diversity of the nation's capital, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 13, 2017
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Toxic smog has found itself in the dock in China, as the authorities are taken to court over a problem that has choked entire regions, put public health at risk and forced the closure of schools and roads.
Environment
Jan 22, 2017
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An African-American man in New York gets on an elevator with a group of white men, one of whom proceeds to tell a joke that includes blacks and monkeys. What happens next? In this case, the black man struggles to keep his ...
Social Sciences
Dec 12, 2016
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Paying closer attention to preschool diversity could help to lay the foundation for students from all backgrounds to play and learn together across racial and economic lines, yet a new study released Oct. 13 reveals that ...
Social Sciences
Oct 17, 2016
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In parts of the 19 states where the practice is still legal, corporal punishment in schools is used as much as 50 percent more frequently on children who are African American or who have disabilities, a new analysis of 160,000 ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2016
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It appears that people who actively participate in demonstrations during social movements on behalf of those dissimilar to them do so for two important reasons.
Social Sciences
Aug 21, 2016
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Virtual reality (VR) has arrived. It has already been described as "revolutionary" and the "next big thing" in technology.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
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