Events for “survey”

Ancient surveying instrument found in Egypt

Nature, Published online: 25 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02382-y The earliest known example of a tool used to build in a straight line, and remembering an early trailblazer in radio communication in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

DuckDuckGo survey highlights how much personal information users share with AI

Private search company DuckDuckGo has released a new survey highlighting just how much personal information people are sharing with AI chatbots, and how little many understand about what happens to those conversations. Here are the details.

Karnataka High Court stays investigation against Bidadi farmers who protested with brooms opposing survey

Government asks city of Hitachiomiya to accept nuclear waste site survey

If realized, Hitachiomiya would become the fifth site in the country to accept such a survey.

Bhu Bharati resurvey aims to settle long pending land disputes, says Minister

41% of surveyed Australian teens now get their news from AI: new research

Al tools are now the second most common way young people proactively seek out news.

More Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them: survey

The backlash against license plate readers comes amid a wave of police abuses of surveillance cameras.

Using AI to write wedding vows? Nearly half of people wouldn’t mind, survey says

Few things are as personal or as heartfelt as wedding vows.

AI survey on job losses shows surprising wins for some workers

Do artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT eliminate jobs, create new ones, or both?

45 Japan prefectures cite vehicle evacuee tracking issues in survey

Local governments struggle to grasp the individual situations of such evacuees, raises concerns that they may not get the emergency assistance they need.

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Majority in South Korea want nukes, survey says, amid U.S. defense concerns

A new poll found 65% of those surveyed said Seoul should have its own nuclear weapons, while 30% are opposed to the idea.

Dharashiv MP pushes for crop loss survey and compensation for farmers in Marathwada region

The Marathwada region has faced a rainfall deficit since June 1. The region has so far received 381 mm (77%) average rainfall in all eight districts against the expected 498.8 mm.

Japan to survey animal cafes over hygiene and welfare concerns

The nation has hundreds of the cafes where campaigners say animals are sometimes kept in cramped spaces.

77% of Americans see crypto in retirement plans as risky: Survey

A new survey finds broad skepticism toward crypto in workplace retirement plans as US policymakers move to expand access to alternative assets.

Bescom to seek one-month extension to complete Gruha Jyothi survey

I surveyed workers to see if AI had caused job losses and was surprised by the findings

Artificial intelligence is not having widespread effects on the labor market today.

Students want crypto classes but learn on social media: OKX survey

A separate review found only about 28% of accredited US business schools offered blockchain courses, despite strong demand in the OKX poll.

Kochi Corporation commissions digital streetlight survey to plug asset register gaps

The agency, which manages streetlights for the Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode Corporations, is expected to launch the survey by the first week of September after consultations with the KSEB

Economists want Warsh to share more on his view of the economy at Jackson Hole, says CNBC survey

Eighty percent of CNBC Fed Survey respondents say the Federal Reserve Chairman Warsh should provide more insight into his economic views.

Nepal flash floods: Bihar CM conducts aerial survey of flood-hit areas in State

Bihar was put on alert as floodwaters from the neighbouring country entered the Gandak river and reached a barrage on August 26

Democrats favored on cost of living in new survey

Registered voters prefer Democrats’ approach to tackling the cost of living over Republican plans as the issue remains a top concern ahead of the November midterms, according to a new survey. The latest poll rom Reuters/Ipsos shows that 36 percent of respondents prefer the Democr

Weekly survey of mortgage lenders with the lowest rates: Holding firm in the mid-6s

Prabowo surveys Indonesian fires causing world’s worst air

The Indonesian president said authorities will revoke the permits of companies found to be responsible for forest fires that have left a Malaysian city with the world's worst air.

76 percent in Canada say ending US trade negotiations was right call: Survey

More than three-quarters of Canadians believe their country ending trade negotiations with the U.S. was the right call, according to a new poll. In the Angus Reid Institute poll, 76 percent of respondents said their country was in the right “by refusing the terms being offered an

Graduate job vacancies drop by almost 50% in a year, survey suggests

Job site Adzuna said the number of graduate vacancies was the lowest since 2016

Air conditioning push favoured over emissions cuts in six European nations, survey finds

Poll also finds sizeable majorities who believe it should be easier to install air con in homes Given the choice, more people across six major European nations including the UK favour encouraging the adoption of air conditioning over keeping carbon emissions down, a survey has fo

Tenure-Track Ranks Grew Last Year, Survey Finds

Tenure-Track Ranks Grew Last Year, Survey Finds kathryn.palmer… Fri, 08/21/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer

Less buying power, elevated inflation push down consumer views

Consumer sentiment dropped about 6% from last month, landing around 11% below a year ago amid continued worries that inflation will remain elevated for the foreseeable future, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.

Fed’s preferred inflation gauge shows core prices rose 3.3% annually in July

The personal consumption expenditures price index was expected to rise 0.1% monthly and 3.6% on a 12-month basis, according to economists surveyed by Dow Jones.

Earth-shaking thunder probes underground geology

Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02596-0 Seismologists measured the varying speeds of a ‘thunderquake’ to survey an area with little seismic activity.

A museum-shelf mystery reveals 6,500-year-old human tooth pendant in Serbia

More than 6,500 years ago, someone carefully drilled a hole in a human tooth, strung it on a cord and likely used it as a necklace. Found during field surveys at the Vinča cultural site of Jablanica in Serbia, the human tooth was originally misidentified as an animal tooth bead u

Amid labor crunch, Japan firms hiring foreign nationals even as Takaichi tightens rules

In a survey conducted last year by Japan's labor ministry, 68.2% of companies said they hired foreign nationals to ease a labor shortage.

35% of young unmarried people in Japan have no wish to get wed

Many respondents to a survey on the issue instead hope to prioritize spending their time on hobbies.

Inside the Data Bottleneck Slowing Visual and Physical AI

A survey of over 700 professionals examines how visual and physical AI teams build systems, why models fail, and where data work drives production. Download this free whitepaper now!

Ditching 'digital gold': BPI study suggests everyday Americans prefer control and micro-investing

A new survey suggests some of bitcoin's most familiar sales pitches of changing the world may be poorly suited to a majority of prospective buyers.

Peru earthquake damages buildings and causes power cuts

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Ayacucho region on Thursday, the US Geological Survey says.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches to Find Exoplanets and Unravel Mysteries of Dark Matter and Dark Energy

The new observatory will complete three surveys of the universe in five years, although it's designed to function at least twice as long. Its data could change scientists' basic understanding of the cosmos

Girlhood Was in Full Flower at Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Festival

Biz Sherbert surveys the style scene at Olivia Rodrigo’s inaugural Daisy Chain Festival, where women and girls turned out in full force—and full festival regalia.

Emergency measures needed to stop teachers quitting, say Lib Dems

A survey by the party suggested almost half of teachers reported considering quitting the classroom in the next five years.

NASA's newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe

NASA's newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before.

NASA is preparing to launch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Here's what to know

NASA plans to soon launch a new space telescope that will survey a billion galaxies to trace how the universe evolved over time, all courtesy of America's spy program and decades of research into detector technology.

Replacement of leaky pipes in western areas of Kochi to get priority

The survey carried out by SUEZ, which took over the operation and maintenance of the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) pipeline network in the Corporation, suggested priority replacement due to contamination concerns

Human, Beware: The Secrets We Tell AI Chatbots Aren’t Private

A recent DuckDuckGo survey finds that people are sharing intimate details with chatbots without knowing all the privacy risks.

Except for notified forest, not a foot extra should be added to ESA, demands Shivamogga MP B.Y. Raghavendra

Mr. Raghavendra has urged the government of Karnataka to order a physical survey of the ESA area and reduce it following the Kerala model

Nepal says dam burst in Tibet, warns rescuers to head to safety

The U.S. Geological Survey said the disaster on Wednesday was caused by a glacial collapse that triggered a vast flow of icy debris.

NASA is gearing up to launch its next flagship space telescope – combining spy technology with sophisticated infrared detectors

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will take a broad survey of space and use it to create a map of the universe.

School phone bans are working in Toronto elementary schools — and failing in high schools

Results of a teacher survey suggest high schools would be better off adopting bell-to-bell restrictions with consistent phone storage protocols.

25% of US adults are interested in the iPhone Ultra – but won’t pay for it

Sometimes a headline is the complete inverse of the real news in the story, and that’s the case with a new survey measuring interest in the upcoming iPhone Ultra . The headline says 75% of US adults aren’t interested in a folding iPhone, while the real surprise is that as many as

Fed experiment shows how bitcoin rallies attract new crypto buyers

Households shown bitcoin’s prior-year return were 23% more likely to report owning crypto in a follow-up survey.

Synthetic everything is warping America

A shadowy polling firm confessed this week to faking survey results in two marquee races — then claimed the entire operation was a "short-term social experiment" on misinformation. Why it matters: An AI-enabled flood of synthetic and outright fabricated content is wreaking havoc

ExpertIVS: Sociological Expert Driven Individual Value Simulation in Large Language Models

arXiv:2608.20355v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large Language Model (LLM) agents have demonstrated considerable potential for social simulation, yet struggle to accurately model individual value systems. Most existing methods mechanically stitch survey responses into prompts, wh

U.S. Trade Rep Greer blames Canada for failed tariff talks: 'They wanted more' - CNBC

U.S. Trade Rep Greer blames Canada for failed tariff talks: 'They wanted more' CNBC A US-Canada trade war could make these everyday items pricier CNN 76 percent in Canada say ending US trade negotiations was right call: Survey The Hill Opinion | Mark Carney Did What Canadians Ele

'I didn't speak the Queen's English': Why people worry about their accents

A survey on attitudes towards accents suggests that so-called "accent bias" is still an issue in many workplaces.

Emergency savings shortfall signals 'danger' for working households, Suze Orman says

A new survey shows even a $500 unexpected expense may throw households off track when it comes to big life goals like saving for retirement.

Bipartisan majorities in US favor banning glyphosate

Two-thirds of Americans favor banning the use of the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in the popular weedkiller Roundup, on crops grown in the United States, according to a nationally representative survey conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the U