The words "extreme","extremist" and "extremism" carry so many connotations these days – far more than a basic dictionary definition could ever cover. Most would agree that Islamic State, the London Bridge and Manchester ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 1, 2017
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Are you more likely to use words like "happy" and "family" in your social media posts? Or do you use emotional and cognitive words like "angry" and "thinking?" The words you use may be a clue to your religious affiliation. ...
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2017
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Is the word "booty" really funnier than "ass"? And does the word "bondage" raise a laugh more than "giggle"? A new behaviour research study looks at the perceived funniness of individual English words, and finds that women ...
Social Sciences
Aug 9, 2017
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Comedian George Carlin's 1972 routine "the seven words you can never say on television" underlined his generation's rejection of the niceties and constraints of post-war American society. Seeing how the use of these swear ...
Social Sciences
Aug 3, 2017
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Booty, booby and nitwit are officially some of the funniest words in the English language, according to new peer-reviewed research by the University of Warwick.
Social Sciences
Aug 1, 2017
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A new study from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab (SAIL)—which creates automatic tools for signal analysis and linguistic assessment —uncovers how media communicates about ...
Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2017
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The content of a children's book—not its form as a print book or a digital book—predicts how well children understand a story, finds a new study by NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
Social Sciences
May 1, 2017
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Hyper-connectivity has changed the way we communicate, wait, and productively use our time. Even in a world of 5G wireless and "instant" messaging, there are countless moments throughout the day when we're waiting for messages, ...
Software
Apr 17, 2017
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Robert W. Taylor, who was instrumental in creating the internet and the modern personal computer, has died. He was 85.
Internet
Apr 15, 2017
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Warning: The following article contains explicit language.
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2017
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