Digital etiquette: What your email sign-off says about you
The Week, theweek.comIn descending order of our favorites…10. “Cordially,”
What it means: Cordial comes from the Latin cordialis, and means “of or for the heart.” Some etymology manuals suggest it means something closer to “sincere.”
Pr…
The Difference Between a Happy Marriage and Miserable One: Chores
Wendy Klein, Carolina Izquierdo, & Thomas N. Bradbury, theatlantic.comCouples who don’t have a system for household tasks can get really resentful, really quickly. A look at the results of an in-depth study of middle-class families.
Between 2001 and 2004, a team of UCLA researchers tracked the lives of 32…
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By Kyle VanHemert, fastcodesign.com
By analyzing its subscribers’ preferences, Netflix can be sure its original content will find an audience. But is that a good thing?
House of Cards, Netflix’s first foray into original programming, is currently the most-watched sho…
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The Secret Sauce Behind Netflix’s Hit, “House Of Cards”: Big Data
Your Dog Knows To Steal Food When Nobody’s Watching
By Colin Lecher, popsci.comGood news: your dog understands you! Bad news: watch the Kibbles ‘n Bits.
You’ve probably always felt like your dog understands you, and it does—well enough to work out the best way to swipe some food from you.
Researchers from the…
The State of The Guardian’s SOTU Infographic Is…Dumber
By Emily Elert, popsci.comThis chart tells you that “the linguistic standard of the presidential address has declined” over time. The problem is, it’s wrong.
Yesterday, as a run-up to Obama’s State of the Union address, The Guardian published an interactive…
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Your iPhone Is A Reliable Research Lab
By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.comA new study says that smartphones are feasible for use in psychological testing.
Josef Bless, a PhD candidate in psychology at the University of Bergen in Norway, was listening to music on his phone when he noticed the similarity…
RT @PopSci: Your iPhone could also be a pretty fantastic research lab for psychological testing: http://flip.it/sxl6P http://flip.it/6egZe
By Emily Elert, popsci.com
Good guys can use social media to find out all about bad guys, and bad guys can use social media to find out all about you.
In this screencast obtained by The Guardian, an investigator at the defense company Raytheon takes his viewers on …
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A Glimpse At Raytheon’s Terrifying People-Tracking Software
A Computer Program Uncovers The Evolutionary History Of Words
By Rebecca Boyle, popsci.comSoftware performs feats of historical linguistics.
Languages are hard; it takes a trained ear to tease out not just the verbiage but the idiomatic expressions, the tone, the regional trends and ever-shifting insults that make a person trul…
RT @PopSci: Software that unravels the evolutionary history of words. Look out linguists, this computer wants your job! http://flip.it/bBx2M http://flip.it/F9OB0
What The Average American Porn Star Looks Like [Infographic]
By Francie Diep, popsci.comOne man’s study of 10,000 porn actors reveals their most popular names, roles, hair color and other characteristics.
Your average American porn star, it turns out, is likely to be a brown-haired California-born woman named Nikki Lee. That’s …
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Who Has The Best Mathematical Models For Predicting The Oscars?
By Francie Diep, popsci.comChoose your favorite data-driven model for predicting Oscar wins.
Forget what movie you actually liked. And forget the experts. The hot new way to predict winners is by using quantifiable data and rigorous statistical analyses. As …
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Why Tweaking Your Career Vocabulary Can Radically Improve Your Life
By Amber Rae, fastcompany.comReimagining the words we use to define work—and ourselves—is a powerful exercise.
Words are powerful. The language we use influences how we think, feel, act, and interact with the world. That’s why I propose a new kind of dictionary. O…
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