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On AlterNet: research

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "research"

Corporate-Owned Papers Near the Border More Likely to Run Anti-Immigrant News and Views

Corporate-Owned Papers Near the Border More Likely to Run Anti-Immigrant News and Views

Lee Drutman, Miller-McCune.com. June 22, 2009.
Close to the border, local papers serve up what they think their readers want — a hefty dose of crime-laden, anti-immigrant news and views.

Harvard Med Students Expose Big Pharma's Influence on Campus

Harvard Med Students Expose Big Pharma's Influence on Campus

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. March 6, 2009.
A movement is underway to expose and curtail the industry's influence on students' classrooms and laboratories.

Online News Overtakes Print Journalism

Online News Overtakes Print Journalism

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. January 5, 2009.
For the first time, more people are getting their news from the Internet than from print sources.

Why Can't Women Sleep?

Why Can't Women Sleep?

Gayle Greene, Ms. Magazine. July 3, 2008.
And why is the high level of insomnia among women ignored by researchers?

Conservatives Retreat into Fox's Media Bubble

Conservatives Retreat into Fox's Media Bubble

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. April 28, 2008.
A new study shows just how polarized our news consumption has become.

The Sick and Crazy Science Tobacco Companies Pursue to Get You Hooked

The Sick and Crazy Science Tobacco Companies Pursue to Get You Hooked

Scott Thill, AlterNet. April 26, 2008.
Injecting nitric oxide into the penises of sedated cats is just one of the newly discovered bizarre studies conducted by the tobacco industry.

Television is History

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. November 1, 2006.
A meticulous new report finally reveals why researchers can't seem to research TV.

Stem-Cell Debate Ignores Women

Marcy Darnovsky, TomPaine.com. October 30, 2006.
Stem-cell research is dependent on women who are willing to donate their eggs for research. But nobody's talking about the donors.

Study: More Than 600,000 Dead in Iraq

Study: More Than 600,000 Dead in Iraq

John Tirman, AlterNet. October 11, 2006.
A researcher associated with a brand new mortality study is blunt to critics: 'Its accuracy is not an issue ... those who publicly dismiss the findings must offer an alternative.'