3D printing is a relatively new technology that is now being used to manufacture guns. So how does it work? An object can be scanned or its design uploaded, then the 3D printer builds layer upon layer of plastic and 40 minutes later, it’s ready. This product has vast implications ...
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(Week of 5/11/2013) Two in three Americans follow the news about the kidnappings, captivity and escape of three women in Cleveland, Ohio closely – and nearly half in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll think Ariel Castro, arrested for the crimes, should receive the death penalty if he is found guilty. This ...
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(Week of 5/4/2013) Last week, NBA player Jason Collins came out as gay in Sports Illustrated. Americans in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll approve of that decision by more than two to one. Opinions about Collins’ decision track with overall attitudes about gay rights. Collins’ decision gets more support from women than ...
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(Week of 5/4/2013) Two out of three Americans would make the “morning-after” birth control pill, also known as Plan B, available without a prescription. And nearly a third in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll would make it available to all women, whatever their age. About a third would limit it, as ...
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(Week of 5/4/2013) Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, writes in her new book, Leaning In, that sometimes women’s attitudes - and lack of credit taking - hold them back at work. Americans in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll aren’t sure. 57% of men – and 74% of women – continue ...
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(Week of 5/4/2013) As Americans look ahead to celebrating Mother’s Day this weekend, they recognize that mothers don’t necessarily have it easy. In fact, 58% in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll say mothers have a harder time today than they did when today’s adults were growing up. Only 16% think things ...
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North Dakota television news anchor AJ Clemente was recently fired after swearing on air during his first day on the job believing he was not yet live on the air. AJ even got advice from legendary newsman Tom Brokaw about the incident — “We all swear, we just don’t get ...
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With summer blockbuster season opening this weekend with “Iron Man 3,” you may feel that you’ve already seen the best scenes in the movie. You’re not alone. Half of all Americans (49%) feel that movie trailers these days give away too many of a movie’s best scenes, with a full ...
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(Week of 4/27/2013) Although Americans are happy with the use of surveillance cameras to identify the Tsarnaev brothers as suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, and most do not see their increased use infringing on their personal privacy, that doesn’t mean all are willing to give up personal freedoms to ...
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(Week of 4/27/2013) Just 28% of Americans consider themselves feminists, with women twice as likely as men to use that label for themselves. And the latest Economist/YouGov Poll suggests that for women at least, feminism is generational, with the youngest women and those who came of age during the 1970’s ...
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