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Voting Systems For Seniors Can Improve Voting Accuracy And Speed
December 27, 2007 — Researchers have identified ways to improve electronic voting accuracy among older voters while also shortening waiting time at the polls. They tested four configurations and found that the pure ... > full story -
Psychologists Explore Public Policy And Effects Of Media Violence On Children
December 21, 2007 — Psychologists have authored a new study that reviews the literature on children's exposure to media violence and assesses the lack of effective public policy response to curb the risks. They also ... > full story -
Voters' Bodies Recoil At Negative Political Advertising; Brain Remembers Negative Messages
December 15, 2007 — They're aversive. They're arousing. They're fairly well-remembered. They're negative political ads, and one researcher has found scientific evidence that they do have a physiological and ... > full story -
The Effect Of 'In Your Face' Political Television On Democracy
December 12, 2007 — Television can encourage awareness of political perspectives among Americans, but the incivility and close-up camera angles that characterize much of today's "in your face" televised political debate ... > full story -
Far Flung Food: Europe's Distant Diets
December 10, 2007 — Across the European Union, food is traveling more, and not always in ways that make sense. Consider the chocolate covered waffle: Last year, Britain both imported 14,000 tons, and exported 15,000 ... > full story -
Early Voters Hold Most Power In Primaries, Say Economists
December 5, 2007 — As voters in Iowa and New Hampshire prepare to head to the polls for the 2008 presidential primary season, new research shows just how much power these early voters hold. Researchers demonstrate that ... > full story -
Diagnosing Health-Care System Ills, Showing How To Achieve Universal Coverage
December 3, 2007 — In a new evidence-based paper, the American College of Physicians analyzes health care in the US and 12 other industrialized countries and identifies eight lessons that could be applied to the ... > full story -
Reprogramming The Debate: Stem-Cell Finding Alters Ethical Controversy
November 21, 2007 — When University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers succeeded in reprogramming skin cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, they also began to redefine the political and ethical dynamics of the ... > full story -
Space Exploration 3.0 About To Begin
November 2, 2007 — Space exploration is about to enter a third age where nations will cooperate to explore the solar system. Scientists predict that an imminent third phase of space exploration could inspire nations to ... > full story -
A Missed Shot: The Failure Of HPV Vaccination State Requirements
November 1, 2007 — Experts review the controversy surrounding the human papillomavirus vaccine debate, and its effects on ethical and public health issues. In order to move forward with cervical cancer prevention ... > full story
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