In response to the population decline of pollinating insects, such as wild bees and monarch butterflies, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are investigating ways to use "pollinator-friendly ...
Ecology
Aug 6, 2018
0
392
At a time when social network privacy – or the lack of it – is headline news, two Stanford researchers have some sobering findings about how personal data is becoming increasingly difficult to hide if we have any public ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2018
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145
Turns out the ancient Greek knew what he was talking about.
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2018
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804
Breaking more than four days of silence, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted mistakes and outlined steps to protect user data in light of a privacy scandal involving a Trump-connected data-mining firm.
Internet
Mar 21, 2018
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290
New research suggests that both good and bad moods can be 'picked up' from friends, but depression can't.
Social Sciences
Sep 20, 2017
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16
A thriving ecosystem of websites that allow users to automatically generate millions of fake "likes" and comments on Facebook has been documented by researchers at the University of Iowa.
Internet
Sep 9, 2017
1
454
Every fall, college freshmen begin the familiar tradition of establishing friendships with classmates in their dormitories.
Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2017
1
16
A study led by computer scientists at Indiana University has found that people with the most connections on social media are also happier. This may cause most social media users to not only regard themselves as less popular ...
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2017
0
214
Wounds heal - the cells in a body knit over a cut. When a neuron dies, the brain can rewire itself to make up for the loss. And now, new research suggests, something similar seems to happen within a human social network after ...
Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2017
0
11
Authorities investigating the death of an Arkansas man whose body was found in a hot tub want to expand the probe to include a new kind of evidence: any comments overheard by the suspect's Amazon Echo smart speaker.
Other
Dec 28, 2016
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