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Does sex sell? New study shows how to make women respond to sexy ads

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Do sexy images sell products? It depends, says a new study in Journal of Consumer Research. If marketers are determined to use sex in advertising, there may be ways to do it that can attract customers of both sexes.





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Availability of vaccine no guarantee public will want it

Medicine & Health / Health

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Just because a vaccine is available doesn't mean people will choose to be inoculated, according to new UofT research published amid widespread public confusion around the merit of H1N1 flu shots.


Now you see it, now you know you see it

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 3 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

There is a tiny period of time between the registration of a visual stimulus by the unconscious mind and our conscious recognition of it ― between the time we see an apple and the time we recognize it as an apple. Our ...


British press group launches charges for online news

Technology / Internet

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A British newspaper group started charging for online content on Monday in a groundbreaking experiment which will be closely watched by an industry battling falling advertising revenues.


Don't bet newspapers will get rich shunning Google

Technology / Internet

created 9 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(AP) -- There's an intriguing idea floating around the media: Microsoft Corp. wants to undercut Google so badly in Internet search that it might pay newspapers to withhold their content from Google. Just don't count on that ...


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Right/left handedness of snails changed in the lab

Biology / Plants & Animals

created 10 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Like most animals, snails have either left- or right-handed asymmetry (chirality), both internally and externally, and the handedness is hereditary. A new study has for the first time found ...


In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth (AP)

In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six seals, all killed with a single shot to the head.


Ecological speciation by sexual selection on good genes: Is speciation adaptive?

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Darwin suggested that the action of natural selection can produce new species, but 150 years after the publication of his famous book, 'On the Origin of Species', debate still continues on the mechanisms of speciation. New ...


Message gone viral? Blame it on altruistic, yet image-conscious Internet  'e-mavens'

Message gone viral? Blame it on altruistic, yet image-conscious Internet 'e-mavens'

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some online ad campaigns go viral while other online marketing messages gather "cyber-dust" on the information superhighway? The key may lie in the motivation of Internet users to email ...


This curvaceous humanoid made of layers of cardboard is billed as the first eco-friendly robot

Robo-chefs and fashion-bots on show in Tokyo

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Forget the Transformers and Astroboy: Japan's latest robots don't save the world -- they cook snacks, play with your kids, model clothes, and search for disaster victims.


Web sites aim to survive with hyperlocal focus

Technology / Internet

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Finding a financially viable way to provide local news is a challenge large metropolitan newspapers are confronting. But a Coral Gables, Fla., Web site is among a few locally with faith it can succeed.



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