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Web 'prime tool' for hate groups: Wiesenthal Center

Technology / Internet

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Extremist groups have made the Web their "prime tool" to spread hate and the number of online bigots on Facebook is growing faster than efforts to remove them, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said Wednesday.





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Facebook unplugs "I Hate Muslims in Oz" group

Technology / Internet

created Jun 12, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Facebook has done away with a Muslim-bashing group that had been set up at the popular social networking service.


Brain's 'hate circuit' identified

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 29, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 1

People who view pictures of someone they hate display activity in distinct areas of the brain that, together, may be thought of as a 'hate circuit', according to new research by scientists at UCL (University College London).


You Don't Have To Hate Other Groups To Love Your Own, Researcher Says

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 20, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Shiite vs. Sunni. Red state vs. Blue state. Immigrant vs. native. While it may appear that conflict is an inevitable part of interaction between groups, research actually suggests that fighting, hating and contempt between ...


Online racial discrimination linked to depression, anxiety in teens

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the early days of the Internet, some scholars once predicted a lessening of racism and race-based discrimination in online interactions thanks to the anonymity and race-neutral nature of the medium. But according to a ...


New nanoscale process will help computers run faster and more efficiently

New nanoscale process will help computers run faster and more efficiently

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (41) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Smaller. Faster. More efficient. These are the qualities that drive science and industry to create new nanoscale structures that will help to speed up computers.


Preferential treatment: How what we like defines what we know

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It is no secret that you know more (that is, have expertise) about things you are interested in. If you hate baseball, you are not going to spend your spare time reading up homerun statistics and debating who the best pitcher ...


Gmail tool catches misdirected messages

Gmail tool catches misdirected messages

Technology / Internet

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google on Tuesday added an embarrassment-avoidance tool that catches misdirected Gmail messages before they are fired off by users of the free Web-based email service.


Study reveals surprisingly high tolerance for racism

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 8

White people do not get as upset when confronted with racial prejudice as they think they will, a study by researchers at Yale University, York University, and the University of British Columbia suggests. This indifference ...


Prune juice not necessary: New research should make bowel movements easier

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 5

If you hate prune juice and chalky fiber supplements, just sit down and relax. Help is on the way. In a research report published online in The FASEB Journal, a team of researchers has discovered a new way to make it a l ...


Racial biases fade away toward members of your own group

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

White people don't show hints of unconscious bias against blacks who belong to the same group as them, a new study suggests.



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