Facebook users were more likely to read fake news about the 2020 U.S. presidential election than users of Twitter and other social media websites, a Washington State University-led analysis found.
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2023
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An easy way of altering compact semiconductor lasers to make them more practical for illumination and holography has been demonstrated by KAUST scientists. The research is published in the journal Optica.
Optics & Photonics
Mar 20, 2023
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During an oral examination, those who tend to perceive the situation as a challenge rather than a threat are less stressed and perform better.
Education
Mar 9, 2023
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There are reasons to assume that not only humans but also some non-human species of animal have conscious perception. Which species have consciousness and how the subjective experience of various species could differ is being ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 2, 2023
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World War II-style rationing could be an effective way to reduce carbon emissions, according to new research from the University of Leeds.
Environment
Feb 20, 2023
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If you step into a newly built school these days, chances are you will see classrooms that look very different to the classrooms most of us spent our school years in as children.
Education
Feb 13, 2023
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Canada's carbon-capturing natural areas can play a small—but effective—part in the country's overall strategy to lower greenhouse gas emissions, according to a national report including two University of Alberta experts.
Environment
Feb 8, 2023
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Even though one in 10 U.S. households is food insecure, only 28% of those 13.5 million households took advantage of food pantries in 2021—partly because of the perception that food pantry offerings are lower quality than ...
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2023
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American popular culture dominates international markets. Among its most enduringly successful products are police dramas and movies. Many of these feature frequent and overwhelmingly positive depictions of police gun violence—a ...
Social Sciences
Dec 22, 2022
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In experiments using made-up tweets, participants rated the trustworthiness of faces paired with positive news headlines more highly than faces paired with negative headlines.
Social Sciences
Dec 21, 2022
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