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Facebook profiles capture true personality, according to new psychology research

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Online social networks such as Facebook are being used to express and communicate real personality, instead of an idealized virtual identity, according to new research from psychologist Sam Gosling at The University of Texas ...


Nonprofit aims to broaden reach of campaign data

Technology / Internet

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A nonprofit group that specializes in databases tracking the influence of money in politics is making its information available to others.





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Calls for greater tech openness rise

Technology /

created Apr 17, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Greater openness is needed to boost innovation in the computer software industry and economic growth worldwide, a research group reported Monday.


The vehicle industry must have a rethink

Technology / Other

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Despite the fact that the vehicle industry is currently described as an industry in crisis, there are high hopes that the development of future IT services for vehicles will drive development. However, for new technology ...


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NASA announces new communications policy

Space & Earth /

created Mar 31, 2006 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In what is being described as a new "commitment to openness -- NASA's administrator in Washington issued a new communications policy.


Why Female Water Buffalo Have Horns but Impala Do Not?

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The reason some female hoofed animals have horns while others do not has long puzzled evolutionary biologists, even the great Charles Darwin. But now a survey of 117 bovid species led by Ted Stankowich, professor ...


Researchers identify personality traits

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine's (BUSM) New England Centenarian Study have noted specific personality traits associated with healthy aging and longevity amongst the children of centenarians. The work ...


Personality can hamper a physician's assessment of depression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A physician's personality can affect practice behavior in inquiries about patient mood symptoms and the diagnosis of depression, according to a study led by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers.


Ivory tower needs to adapt to online media landscape, scholar says

Ivory tower needs to adapt to online media landscape, scholar says

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Universities need to embrace new online media, social networks and a culture of "openness" as part of their pedagogy, or they risk becoming seen as anachronisms in today's hyper-connected world where information ...


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Six net neutrality principles proposed

Technology / Internet

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 8

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. voted last week to start a process to formulate rules that could force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to uphold six principles that would preserve ...


Christian couples staying faithful online

Technology / Internet

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Lance Maggiacomo was out of work, bored and lonely when he started hiding his online relationships from his wife.
There was no affair, only chatting through e-mail, yet it felt like cheating just the same.


Playboy Founder Embodies American Dream; Changes American Culture

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 11, 2008 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (13) | comments 3

There is little doubt that Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has become one of the most controversial figures of the past half century. From his highly publicized lifestyle to his risqué magazine, to his multi-million dollar company, ...



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