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Review: Netflix and Hulu's new scripted originals

Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming.

Technology / Business

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cable TV top source for US political news: study

Cable television is the leading source of US political news for Americans, according to a study released Tuesday, but fewer people are closely following the presidential campaign than four years ago.

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In Northern Ireland, political violence harms youths through families

War, the aftermath of war, and political violence are harmful to children's and teens' mental health and well-being. But few studies have looked at how this happens. A new longitudinal study of neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Americans overestimate political polarization, according to new research

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many Americans overestimate the degree of polarization between Democrats and Republicans, and this misconception is associated with citizens’ voting behavior and their involvement in ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Political leaders play key role in how worried Americans are by climate change: study

More than extreme weather events and the work of scientists, it is national political leaders who influence how much Americans worry about the threat of climate change, new research finds.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 68

Partisans not locked in media 'echo chambers,' study finds

Despite the fears of some scholars and pundits, most political partisans don't avoid news and opinion sources that contradict their own beliefs, according to a new study.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

PNAS-published poll finds some Christians find their own political beliefs conflict with Jesus' teachings

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new online poll conducted by a team of three researchers from Stanford University has found that of those who identified themselves as Christians and who also identified themselves as either politically ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Republicans and democrats less divided than commonly thought

Republicans and Democrats are less divided in their attitudes than popularly believed, according to new research. It is exactly those perceptions of polarization, however, that help drive political engagement, researchers ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 4

First US chief technology officer stepping down

Aneesh Chopra, who was tasked with bringing a dose of Silicon Valley to the US government as the first chief technology officer, is stepping down.

Technology / Other

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Twitter may censor tweets in individual countries

Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Research: South Africans most active tweeters

Young people tweeting from BlackBerrys and iPhones are driving the growth of Twitter in Africa, with South Africans by far the most vociferous, according to new research published Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gates injects $750M in troubled Global Fund

(AP) -- Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to fight three killer diseases and rescue a beleaguered health fund whose financial losses have cost it donor support.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

MIT faculty see promise in American manufacturing

Not long ago, MIT political scientist Suzanne Berger was visiting a factory in western Massachusetts, a place that produces the plastic jugs you find in grocery stores. As she saw on the factory floor, the ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

'Doomsday' ticks closer on nuclear, climate fears

Global uncertainty on how to deal with the threats of nuclear weapons and climate change have forced the "Doomsday clock" one minute closer to midnight, leading international scientists said Tuesday.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 9

TED sells 'virtual seats' to lofty gatherings

TED on Wednesday began selling "virtual seats" to its prestigious and mind-expanding flagship gatherings.

Technology / Other

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0