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Labour or Conservative? It's All in the Eye of the Beholder, UK Facial Research Finds
October 6, 2011 — Scientists in the UK have uncovered specific facial characteristics which make Members of Parliament look like they belong to one of the two major political parties in ... > full story -
Study of Congress: To Tweet, or Not to Tweet, Is Unrelated to Being in the Hot Seat
September 26, 2011 — Study finds that electoral vulnerability doesn't influence whether members of Congress use Twitter and also explains why Republicans have a majority on ... > full story -
Study 'Changes Our Understanding' of Youth Voting Behavior
September 23, 2011 — Low-income youth are more apt to vote if they are engaged in political activism and influenced by friends and family, according to a new ... > full story -
'Silent Majority' Agrees With Me, Voters Believe
September 20, 2011 — We like to think that others agree with us. It's called "social projection," and it helps us validate our beliefs and ourselves. Psychologists have found that we tend to think people who are similar ... > full story -
Political Preferences Play Different Role in Dating, Mating
September 19, 2011 — Online daters are reluctant to use partisan politics to attract a potential mate, according to new research in the U.S. The study shows that singles are more likely to admit they are overweight on ... > full story -
Technology Funding Makes Climate Protection Cheaper
September 19, 2011 — Economizing on targeted funding, for example for renewable energies, makes climate protection more expensive -- as scientists have now calculated for the first time, using a complex computer ... > full story -
New Study Quantifies Use of Social Media in Arab Spring
September 14, 2011 — After analyzing more than three million tweets, gigabytes of YouTube content and thousands of blog posts, a new study finds that social media played a central role in shaping political debates in the ... > full story -
How Do Political Debates Affect Advertising?
September 14, 2011 — Advertisers covet spots during political debates, which often draw large numbers of viewers. But according to a new study, political debate can sometime decrease the effectiveness of subsequent ... > full story -
Is Smartphone Technology the Future of US Elections?
September 12, 2011 — With more and more Americans upgrading to smartphones, and as smartphone capabilities continue to improve, even the US government is considering innovative ways to harness this advancing technology. ... > full story -
American Politicians Have Less Influence Through News Media, Study Finds
September 8, 2011 — News coverage of Washington politicians and their rhetoric appears to have less influence on the American public compared to other news coverage, according to a study by a political ... > full story -
Revisiting the David Nutt Debate: Is It Possible to Rank Different Drugs by the Harm They Cause?
September 6, 2011 — The scientific and political worlds were transfixed in late 2009 when UK drugs advisor Dr. David Nutt was sacked by Home Secretary Alan Johnson for his controversial views on the harmfulness of ... > full story -
Feeding the Five Thousand -- Or Was It Three? Researchers Claim Most Crowd Estimations Are Unreliable
August 24, 2011 — The public should view crowd estimation with skepticism, say the authors of a new study, as they suggest more reliable alternatives to current estimating ... > full story
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