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Concerns outweigh expectations as Americans prepare for AI-shaped world
KUKA robot for flat glass handling Credit: KUKA Roboter GmbH, Bachmann/Wikimedia Commons As advances in artificial intelligence and robotics throw up a range of prospective socio-economic changes in the years ahead, Americans express concerns over implications...October 8, 2017 1431 0 -
A landmark discovery of biological clock’s working earns three Americans Nobel Prize
Three Americans have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology for their landmark discovery of molecular gene that controls the biological clock, the rhythm that keeps human bodies and minds going. Jeffrey C. Hall,...October 3, 2017 1507 0 -
Protests in Washington D.C. against Myanmar’s persecution of Rohingyas
Back-to-back protest demonstrations outside Myanmar’s embassy in Washington D.C. this week urged the United States to stop massacre of the Rohingya community, which the UN and human rights bodies say face state persecution. On Friday, Americans...September 8, 2017 1610 0 -
Twitter, You Tube see increase in share as source of news while Facebook remains leader
A diagram on social media, Credit: Brian Solis and JESS3/Wikimedia Commons Twitter, You Tube and Snapchat have seen a increase in the share of people who get news on the website but Facebook remains the biggest social...September 7, 2017 1298 0 -
Most citizens believe openness to foreigners a defining American trait
So what is your take on the issue of American openness to foreigners in the light of ongoing heated debates on immigration and economic implications of it for the United States? Some of the rhetoric and...August 8, 2017 1367 0 -
More Americans believe immigrants have positive economic effect
A survey of Americans’ views of immigrant contribution to the U.S. economy reveals that more people believe that inexpensive immigrant workforce brings a positive effect. Releasing the finding of the survey conducted this month, Gallup said...June 30, 2017 1438 0 -
“Noor”: A Window into the Muslim World
Featured Image: Cosmos Club members and their guests actively watch a stage reading of Ambassador Akbar Ahmed’s play Noor Fear permeates nearly every discussion about Muslims in America today – whether the conversation is about terrorist...March 22, 2017 3112 5 -
More Americans, nearly two-thirds, now say diversity makes U.S. a better place
A crowd of people in front of John A Wilson Building in D.C., Photo by Ted Eytan via Wikimedia Commons As the United States contends with the question of immigration, more Americans, nearly two thirds, now believe...February 17, 2017 1460 0 -
Americans increasingly use social media to connect, get news
Nearly seven-in-ten Americans currently use social media to connect with one another, engage with news content, share information and entertain themselves. A social media fact sheet, gleaned from Pew Research Center’s surveys, says when the institution...January 13, 2017 1527 0 -
Half of the public used social media to get US election season news
Featured photo above by Brian Solis and JESS3 via Wikimedia Commons Americans’ usage of and frequent visits to the social media platform are on rise, a Pew Research report on social media trends in 2016 says. With...November 18, 2016 871 0
