What can an astronaut, baby sloths, a sentimental music video and an MRI scanner reveal about your friends? Quite a lot, a new study reveals.
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2018
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes in science, the obvious must be studied to prove that the things that everyone thinks they know to be true, really are. Such is the case with Facebook. Most people intuitively understand that the ...
Facebook is taking another stab at ephemeral mobile messaging with an app called Slingshot.
Software
Jun 17, 2014
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The drinking habits of a romantic partner's friends are more likely to impact an adolescent's future drinking than are the behaviors of an adolescent's own friends or significant other, according to a new study in the October ...
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2011
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Facebook is revamping a platform designed to power the frequently unruly comments space on websites.
Internet
Mar 1, 2011
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Squid tentacles are loaded with hundreds of suction cups, or suckers, and each sucker has a ring of razor-sharp "teeth" that help these mighty predators latch onto and take down prey. In a study published in the journal ACS ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 2, 2014
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A Connecticut aquarium has agreed to delay its acquisition of five beluga whales for research amid a lawsuit by an animal rights group trying to stop the delivery.
Ecology
Jan 3, 2021
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The gigantic galaxies we see in the universe today, including our own Milky Way galaxy, started out far smaller. Mergers throughout the universe's 13.7 billion years gradually assembled today's massive galaxies. But they ...
Astronomy
Feb 21, 2024
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Social networks have been found to influence academic performance: students tend to perform better with high-performers among their friends, as some people are capable of inspiring others to try harder, according to Sofia ...
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2020
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You probably already use Facebook on your phone, along with its Messenger app for chatting with Facebook friends. You might also have Instagram and WhatsApp, two services Facebook bought in recent years.
Software
Apr 29, 2015
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