Study cautions that opinions drawn from social media are skewed by vocal minorities
Surveys have been a time-tested mechanism that allows policymakers to gauge the pulse of public opinion on a wide range of issues.
Surveys have been a time-tested mechanism that allows policymakers to gauge the pulse of public opinion on a wide range of issues.
Social Sciences
Sep 18, 2023
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A new online platform to explore computationally calculated chemical reaction pathways has been released, allowing for in-depth understanding and design of chemical reactions.
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 3, 2023
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Many people who are old enough to have experienced the first moon landing will vividly remember what it was like watching Neil Armstrong utter his famous quote: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.". ...
Space Exploration
Jul 1, 2019
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Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are kind of like a computer manufacturer's Lego bricks: electronic components that can be employed in a more flexible way than other computer chips. Even large data centers that are ...
Hardware
May 31, 2019
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Every year computer security companies share their findings regarding passwords and data breaches. Again and again, they warn computer users to use complex passwords and not to use the same passwords for different accounts. ...
Security
May 7, 2019
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If you were to die tomorrow, what would happen to your Facebook page?
Internet
May 6, 2019
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Historians and other humanities' scholars often have to deal with difficult research objects: centuries-old printed works that are difficult to decipher and often in an unsatisfactory state of conservation. Many of these ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 24, 2019
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When your phone rings, there's about a 50 percent chance it's a spam robocall. That's not probability – it's what the U.S. government agency regulating telecommunications says. U.S. mobile phone users received 48 billion ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 26, 2019
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Fans of the Star Wars franchise will have to wait more than a year from now to get their fix of Jedi-laden telekinetic spectacles on the big screen. The as-of-yet-to-be-titled Episode IX, the last installment of the space ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 30, 2018
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People explore less when they get recommendations from voice-based platforms such as Amazon's Alexa or Apple's Siri, making it more likely that they'll hear options chosen by an algorithm than those they might actually prefer.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 28, 2018
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