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CEO apologizes after Path uploads contact lists

(AP) -- Social-sharing app Path has come under fire for accessing and uploading users' phone address books without their permission. The information has now been deleted, and Path has apologized.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The many unexpected sides of romantic love

Love can bring out both the best and the worst in people. Which way it turns depends on the best way to protect the relationship, say researchers studying the evolution of romantic love.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Exercise is good for your waistline -- but it’s a writing exercise

(Medical Xpress) -- Is losing weight as simple as doing a 15-minute writing exercise? In a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, women who wrote about their most impo ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

For some in need, Facebook is route to new kidney

(AP) -- Here's another reason for holdouts to join the social media site Facebook: It's a great place to find a kidney.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Review: Scrutinizing your presence on Facebook

(AP) -- Here's one way to sum up 2011: I added 71 people as Facebook friends, shared 26 links and commented on 98 of my friends' status updates. I was tagged in 33 photos and added 18 of my own to the site.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Teens who express own views with mom resist peer pressures best

Teens who more openly express their own viewpoints in discussions with their moms, even if their viewpoints disagree, are more likely than others to resist peer pressure to use drugs or drink.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Social network Path announces more ways to share

If Facebook is like hanging out at a banquet with a large buffet to feast on, then social network Path is an intimate dinner with close friends. Path is now getting new silverware and table decorations, so to speak, with ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Underage drinking among close friends high indicator of future alcohol use by black teens

Research led by University of Southern California (USC) professor Mary Ann Pentz, Ph.D., shows that black middle school students whose close friends drink alcohol are more likely to drink alcohol in high school than their ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Anxiety interferes with some children's capacity to form friendships

As children move toward adolescence, they rely increasingly on close relationships with peers. Socially withdrawn children, who have less contact with peers, may miss out on the support that friendships provide. In a new ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like humans, chimps are born with immature forebrains

In both chimpanzees and humans, portions of the brain that are critical for complex cognitive functions, including decision-making, self-awareness and creativity, are immature at birth. But there are important differences, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Google social net is about preserving leadership

Google didn't build its new Plus service simply to have an online hangout like Facebook. Rather, Google's new social-networking endeavor is about trying to gain valuable insights into people's lives and relationships. ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Poll on Facebook users reveals unexpected results

Contrary to popular opinion, social network users actually do have real lives. According to a poll published on Thursday by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, Facebook users are more ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study gives clues to how obesity spreads socially

Obesity is socially contagious, according to research published in the past few years. How it is "caught" from others remains a murky area. But findings from Arizona State University researchers published online May 5 in ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Fire-walking inspires a heart-to-heart

Fire-walkers' heart rates sync with those of onlooking family and friends during the ritualistic walk across the coals, a PNAS study finds.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Paying the painful price for friendship

(PhysOrg.com) -- People will suffer more pain for their close friends than for their acquaintances and sometimes more than they would for themselves, an Oxford University scientist has found.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast