News tagged with meaningful conversations

Meaningful conversation may be key to happiness

(PhysOrg.com) -- Outgoing, gregarious people who fill their lives with deep, meaningful conversations may have found at least one key to a happier life, suggests research from Washington University in St. ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0




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'More carrot, less stick' needed to regulate the press

A new report published by Oxford University's Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) argues that a 'carrot rather than stick' approach might be recommended in the framing of any future press regulation.

Technology / Internet

created May 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Heavy Rain' game creator debuts high-tech 'Kara'

(AP) -- The future of performance-capture technology is right around the corner, and its name just might be "Kara."

Technology / Software

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Weakening Video Privacy Protection Act a dangerous attack on intellectual privacy

Most people would rather not have their video viewing habits easily available to the public — no need for co-workers to know about your love of reality TV.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Geoengineering could save Earth -- or destroy it

(AP) -- Brighten clouds with sea water? Spray aerosols high in the stratosphere? Paint roofs white and plant light-colored crops? How about positioning "sun shades" over the Earth?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 13

Eggs in the wrong basket? Global rules for trade but diverging rules for finance

Comment piece by Dr. Heribert Dieter, Senior Fellow in Global Economic Relations, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin, currently a visiting Fellow at Murdoch University, and Murdoch Vice Chancellor, Professor Richard ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dolphins, aliens, and the search for intelligent life

How do we define intelligence? SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, clearly equates intelligence with technology (or, more precisely, the building of radio or laser beacons). Some, such as the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 41 | with audio podcast

Europe's forgotten 'religion'

Hundreds of millions of people in Europe alone are “non-religious”, but non-religion remains an understudied field. To mark the launch of a new journal on the subject, associate editor Lois Lee discusses its significance ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 8

New studies suggest lack of meaningful land rights threaten Indonesian forests

New research released today at a high-level forestry conference in Indonesia—opened by Vice President Boediono—suggests that Asia’s largest forest nation is paying a high price for failing to give local communities ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 12

Smartphone app helps you find friends in a crowd

Can a smartphone app enable meaningful, face-to-face conversation? Engineers are trying to find out, with software that helps people locate their friends in a crowd – and make new friends who share similar interests.

Technology / Software

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Digital health push woos tech firms, pains doctors

Two years ago, Dr. Gonzalo Venegas decided to bring his medical practice into the Information Age.

Technology / Business

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1


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