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'Most Popular' Status Affects What People Eat, Study Finds

'Most Popular' Status Affects What People Eat, Study Finds

Other Sciences / Economics

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study finds that diners are at least 13 percent more likely to order a dish if they know it is among a restaurant’s most popular.


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Microsoft's browser sees notable decline in usage

Technology / Internet

created Jan 04, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 8

Microsoft Corp.'s Internet browser lost a notable number of users during the last half of 2008, according to recently published data, a trend that underscores the growing competition in a market long dominated ...





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Recent 'momentum' influences choices of baby names, psychology professors find

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- How do people choose a name for their child? Researchers have long noted that the overall popularity of a name exerts a strong influence on people's preferences -- more popular names, such ...


Why Things Become Unpopular

Why Things Become Unpopular

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (29) | comments 13

(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 ...


Twitter tool shows hot tweets when people meet

Twitter tool shows hot tweets when people meet

Technology / Software

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first Twitter tool that ranks the popularity of individual messages plans to make the backchannel conversations at conferences and meetings more interesting.


First national study to examine rock climbing-related injuries

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the past decade the popularity of rock climbing has dramatically increased. It has been estimated that rock climbing is now enjoyed by more than 9 million people in the U.S. each year. A new study by researchers at the ...


Twitter now wants to know "What's happening?"

"What's happening?" Twitter wants to know

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter used to ask "What are you doing?" No longer. The micro-blogging service now wants to know "What's happening?"


An Australian student has documented the country's first case of a captive-bred turtle acquiring an infectious disease

Captive turtle found to have infectious disease

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An Australian veterinary student said Monday she has documented the country's first known case of a bred-in-captivity turtle acquiring a highly infectious disease which could potentially spread to humans.


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Top media execs wonder how Twitter will make money

Technology / Internet

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Major media executives are impressed with Twitter's growing popularity as a communications tool. They just can't figure out how the online messaging service is going to make money.


SD Zoo's online Panda Cam crashes due to overload (AP)

SD Zoo's online Panda Cam crashes due to overload

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The San Diego Zoo's pandas have become such cyber-stars that their Panda Cam got caught in a popularity crunch.


Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Google has joined Twitter

Google CEO joins Twitter

Technology / Internet

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, who took some flak earlier this year for calling Twitter a "poor man's email system," has joined the hot micro-blogging service.


Research shows advertisers new ways to hunt for TV bargains

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The scene is played out in living rooms across America daily: A favorite television show builds to its riveting conclusion, and a commercial for fast food, automobiles or laundry detergent fills the screen.



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