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Why Things Become Unpopular

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Why is everybody suddenly wearing those new sandals and listening to that new band? It's so trendy!" A recent study has investigated this sentiment in order to understand why some cultural ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (30) | comments 13 feature




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Freecycling has viral effect on community spirit and generosity

The results, published earlier this month in the journal Administrative Science Quarterly, may help explain why a growing number of recession-weary Americans are participating less in monetary-based consumerism in favor ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Faithful females who choose good providers key to evolutionary shift to modern family, study finds

In early human evolution, when faithful females began to choose good providers as mates, pair-bonding replaced promiscuity, laying the foundation for the emergence of the institution of the modern family, a new study finds.

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created May 28, 2012 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Using strategy tools to exercise power in a company

Popular strategy tools used by businesses include SWOT analysis and scorecards. Strategy tools are seen as a means that provides companies with practical ways of making use of scientific theories in order to improve competitiveness. ...

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created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zooarchaeological study indicating hominids already practiced sophisticated hunting techniques in East Asia

More than ten thousands of bone fragments were recovered from the Lingjing site, Henan Province during 2005 and 2006. By taking statistical analyses of the skeletal elements of the two predominant species ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The downside of dominating the market

We’ve said farewell to Friendster. Netscape Navigator is nevermore. As an Internet service provider, AOL is AWOL. What happened to these companies that once ruled their individual markets? According to ...

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Neighboring chimp communities have their own nut-cracking styles

People don't always do as their neighbors do, and the same is true of neighboring chimpanzees. That's according to a report published online on May 10 in Current Biology featuring observations of wild chimps ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

One-quarter of grouper species being fished to extinction

Groupers, a family of fishes often found in coral reefs and prized for their quality of flesh, are facing critical threats to their survival. As part of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Privacy law expert warns of the perils of social reading

The Internet and social media have opened up new vistas for people to share preferences in films, books and music. Services such as Spotify and the Washington Post Social Reader already integrate reading and ...

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Rules of attraction

Nicholas Christakis, whose research has shown how everything from obesity to smoking to happiness spreads through social networks, said Monday that the human ability to form lasting relationships results from ...

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created May 04, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Textbook rentals a growing trend in higher education

ntil recently, when it came to buying textbooks, there really were only two primary options for the nation’s college students: new or used, and used only sometimes. However, over the past few years, there has been a ...

Technology / Internet

created May 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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