Can discrimination contribute to feelings of radicalization?
Muslim immigrants who feel marginalized and discriminated against in countries that expect them to integrate into their culture and society are more likely to experience psychological threats to their...
View ArticleUS arraignment of British cybersecurity expert postponed (Update)
A British cybersecurity figure hailed as a crime-fighter just three months before his arrest in a worldwide malware production and distribution case might still be in Las Vegas ahead of his arraignment...
View ArticleDraft US report says extreme storms driven by climate change
Directly contradicting President Donald Trump, a draft report produced by 13 federal agencies concludes that the United States is already feeling the negative impacts of climate change, with a stark...
View ArticleSpray can stunt prompts Twitter to act on hateful tweets
An artist tired of seeing hateful tweets ignored by Twitter has managed to get the social network to remove or hide some of them—by spray-painting the offending posts in front of the company's German...
View ArticlePolitical party influences lawmakers' tweets more than gender
Research has shown that politicians' gender shapes public expectations of their expertise.
View ArticlePaper examines links between parents' earnings, gender roles, mental health
The sexual revolution of the 1960s and 1970s suggested that women and men would have equal shots at happiness—whether they were their families' primary breadwinners or stay-at-home parents.
View ArticleRacial profiling of Latino immigrants influences families differently
Immigration policies focusing on racial profiling and criminalization of Latinos in the United States have direct implications on immigrants and their family members, many of whom are U.S. citizens,...
View ArticleSmartphone tracking shows fear affects where youth spend time
Youth spend less time in their neighborhoods if area residents have a high fear of crime, according to a new study that used smartphones to track kids' whereabouts.
View ArticleKansas well owners, non-well owners have different watering routines during...
During California's recent drought, media coverage focused on residents cutting back on water usage as a conservation measure.
View ArticleDevelopment of local food systems help bridge gap among people with different...
One of the major barriers that environmentalists face in trying to implement sustainable practices is getting disparate groups to agree on what needs protecting and which way is the best course of action.
View ArticleImmigrant detention centers referred to as family centers, but resemble prisons
Despite federal officials labeling centers where immigrant women and their families are held as family detention centers or release programs as "Alternative to Detention," University of Kansas...
View ArticleTurner is latest to plan sports streaming service
Turner Sports is the latest TV company to announce a sports streaming service as traditional television companies chase millennial audiences.
View ArticleApple CEO makes $2 million pledge to fight hate
Apple is donating $2 million to two human rights groups as part of CEO Tim Cook's pledge to help lead the fight against the hate that fueled the violence in Virginia during a white-nationalist rally...
View ArticleScientists list 50 terms you may be confusing
Should you punish a disobedient child, or try negative reinforcement? Is your shy new colleague antisocial or asocial? And which is worse: a prejudiced boss or a discriminatory one?
View ArticleWords With Friends adds 50,000 pop culture words
Tell your bae or your bestie: The mobile game Words With Friends is adding thousands of pop culture words as part of its largest dictionary update in the game's eight-year history.
View ArticleTesla denies claims that it tried to block unionizing effort
Tesla Inc. is denying claims that it threatened to fire pro-union workers at its Fremont, California, factory and tried to prevent them from passing out union literature.
View ArticleEurope to commit $1.18 billion to better protect marine life
The European Union and its private sector will commit about 1 billion euros ($1.18 billion) to better protect marine life during the global Our Ocean conference this week.
View ArticleFormer Equifax chairman apologizes for data breach
The former chairman and CEO of Equifax says the company was entrusted with personal information of 140 million Americans and "we let them down" as human error and technology failures allowed a massive...
View ArticleInsider Q&A: Uber human resources chief Liane Hornsey
The revelation came just weeks after Liane Hornsey joined Uber as chief human resources officer.
View ArticleSpike in airborne radioactivity detected in Europe
German officials say that a spike in radioactivity has been detected in the air in Western and Central Europe but there's no threat to human health.
View ArticleIkea on Amazon? Furniture giant to use online retailers
Ikea will start selling furniture through third-party websites next year as it tries to find new ways to reach customers in the digital age.
View ArticleReducing racial bias in children
We tend to see people we're biased against as all the same. They are "those people." Instead of thinking of them as specific individuals, we lump them into a group. Now an international team of...
View ArticleFact-checking fake news on Facebook works - just too slowly
Facebook's effort to limit the spread of fake news using outside fact-checkers appears to be having an effect—though that finding comes with a major caveat.
View ArticleMeasuring the implicit biases we may not even be aware we have
When most people think of bias, they imagine an intentional thought or action – for example, a conscious belief that women are worse than men at math or a deliberate decision to pull someone over...
View ArticlePoverty, ethics and discrimination: How culture plays into cognitive research
Cognitive psychology examines how people view the world and what drives them to behave a certain way. These everyday decisions are shaped by countless factors. However, research on cognition often...
View ArticleReport: Visa fires high-profile manager for violating policy
The technology publication Recode is reporting that Visa fired a high-profile executive for behavior that "violated" the credit card company's policy.
View ArticleNew statistical method links vast records, shows negative effect of Texas...
As state voter identification (ID) laws across the country are being contested amid questions about the integrity of the voting process, researchers have developed a new statistical method that not...
View ArticleComcast reportedly no longer in deal talks with Fox
Citing a Comcast statement, the Wall Street Journal reported that the cable company is no longer in discussions to buy pieces of 21st Century Fox . That could open the door to a Disney bid.
View ArticleItalian prosecutors seek to shelve Hacking Team breach case
A legal document obtained by The Associated Press says that Italian prosecutors want to drop their investigation into the 2015 breach of surveillance company Hacking Team, leaving a question mark over...
View ArticleA functional genomics database for plant microbiome studies
As the global population rises, estimated to hit nearly 10 billion by 2050, so does the need to boost crop yields and produce enough plant material for both food and sustainable alternative fuels. To...
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