Don't look now—but we are currently experiencing a rash of stories about a forthcoming global catastrophe. But in a change from reports of pandemics and climate change, this global catastrophe is produced by the impact ...
Astronomy
Jan 7, 2022
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The manipulation of public opinion over social media platforms has emerged as a critical threat to public life. Around the world, government agencies and political parties are exploiting social media platforms to spread junk ...
Internet
Jul 20, 2018
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As the Supreme Court's fall term begins, a new survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania finds that more than a third of Americans say they might be willing to abolish the Supreme Court ...
Social Sciences
Oct 4, 2021
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American politicians have long been expected to uphold a certain veneer: powerful, influential and never vulnerable. New Penn State research has found that these idealized forms of masculinity may also help explain support ...
Social Sciences
Jan 4, 2021
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Mathematical ideas and tools are often used to describe aspects of large macroscopic systems. Examples abound in areas as varied as finance to psychology. In a paper published last month in the SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, ...
Mathematics
Apr 15, 2015
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If you're an American voter and have provided personal information to a company, chances are data groups have shared it with political parties to help them target potential supporters.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 24, 2016
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When U.S. President Barack Obama declared his support for same-sex marriage on May 9 of this year, the Twitterverse went into overdrive. Social media analysts reported that Twitter saw 1.6 million #gaymarriage tweets immediately ...
Social Sciences
Sep 3, 2012
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Denmark aims to have wind power supply half of the country's electricity needs in 2020, under a new programme presented by Climate and Energy Minister Martin Lidegaard on Friday.
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 25, 2011
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"He [God] does not play dice," quipped Albert Einstein, but for mortals chance is part of life. We cannot experience, measure and predict with absolute certainty. We may win a prize in a Christmas raffle. There's also a small ...
Mathematics
Jan 15, 2020
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3
Both Democrats and Republicans would rather take away funding from their political party than give money to the other party, reveals a new University of California San Diego Rady School of Management study. The research also ...
Social Sciences
Nov 28, 2022
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