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Hand counts of votes may cause errors
Feb 2, 2012 18:07
Hand counting of votes in postelection audit or recount procedures can result in error rates of up to 2 percent, according...
Touch screen democracy for the Twitter generation
Feb 1, 2012 20:16
Researchers at Lancaster University have been using touch screen technology to help give teenagers more of a say in community...
In times of scandal, corporations are likely to use others’ misconduct to justify their behavior
Feb 1, 2012 19:00
Among corporations involved in the 2006 stock-option backdating scandal, those implicated earlier were more likely to dismiss...
More cutbacks mean more riots
Jan 30, 2012 20:17
New research by Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby at the University of Kent’s School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social...
Republicans and Democrats less divided than commonly thought
Jan 27, 2012 23:26
Republicans and Democrats are less divided in their attitudes than popularly believed, according to new research. It is exactly...
Mathematics confirm the chaos of the Spanish labor market
Jan 27, 2012 21:05
Unemployment time series in Spain behave in a chaotic way according to a study at the University of Seville. Such chaos demonstrates...
Criminologist’s research shows genes influence criminal behavior
Jan 27, 2012 19:01
Your genes could be a strong predictor of whether you stray into a life of crime, according to a research paper co-written...
Unilateral divorce laws caused temporary spike in violent crime
Jan 23, 2012 18:58
U.S. states that enacted unilateral divorce laws saw substantial increases in violent crime in the years following the reform,...
New software designed to improve politics
Jan 23, 2012 8:50
Experts in political science and in simulation and computing technologies are working on the development of a new sofware...
The current job crisis follows the same patterns as in 1991
Jan 23, 2012 8:13
A study at the University of Alcalá, Spain has compared the employment crisis of 1991-1994 with the current crisis from...
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