When the Webster-Kirkwood Times, a community newspaper in the greater St. Louis, Missouri area, had to endure layoffs and stop publishing its print edition—due to a loss in revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic—its ...
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2021
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Newspaper coverage of COVID-19 is at least as politicized and polarized as climate change coverage, say University of Michigan researchers.
Political science
Sep 2, 2020
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During this pandemic, there are countless voices urging Americans to engage in the kind of civic behaviors that keep us all safe, like social distancing and frequent hand washing. These voices come at the national, state, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2020
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Is the reporting of media outlets biased in favor of firms that advertise with them? A new study looked at the relationship between advertising by car manufacturers in U.S. newspapers and news coverage of car safety recalls ...
Economics & Business
May 22, 2020
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A stack of pancakes ladened with syrup, a frothy latte posed next to a white MacBook, a deep pan pizza oozing with cheese. Instagram has made "food porn"—images that portray food in an appetizing or aesthetically appealing ...
Social Sciences
Jan 3, 2020
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A research collaboration between Rice University and the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University has found that old newspapers can be used as a low cost, eco-friendly material on which to grow single ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 22, 2019
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As the US Congress returns from its August recess, Republican leaders have promised to work with Democrats to place gun control front and centre. Possible items on the agenda include enacting stronger background checks and ...
Social Sciences
Sep 5, 2019
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US space agency NASA is investigating what may be the first crime committed in outer space, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2019
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Apple will manufacture its new Mac Pro computer in China, shifting away from a U.S. assembly line it had been using for that product in recent years, according to a report published Friday.
Business
Jun 28, 2019
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The unusual appearance of deep-sea fish like the oarfish or slender ribbonfish in Japanese shallow waters does not mean that an earthquake is about to occur, according to a new statistical analysis.
Earth Sciences
Jun 19, 2019
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