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What Your Likes On Facebook Betray About You
By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.comAnother nail in the coffin for Facebook privacy: An algorithm can accurately predict your demographic info, political preferences, and more, just by looking at your “likes.”
Think of all the pages you’ve “liked” on Facebook. Perhaps a favorite…
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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…
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5 Terrible Things The Internet Does To Our Love Lives
By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.comAnd why that’s good for science. Happy Valentine’s Day!
If you’re the kind of person who’s even vaguely aware of Valentine’s Day, you’re probably either Yelping a good restaurant to take your date to or searching Facebook for another…
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The 11 Coolest Ideas In Biodesign
By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.comWilliam Myers’ Bio Design explores the intersection of design and biology.
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We can already store Shakespeare’s sonnets in DNA. What if we could use trees as city lights, or turn pigeon poop into natural street…
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Digital Tool Ages Your Face To Scare You Into Saving Money
By Colin Lecher, popsci.comPeople save more for retirement when they see older versions of themselves, so Merrill Edge is more than happy to make you look old and wrinkly.
Did you know that if you see an age-enhanced version of yourself, you’re more likely to save extr…
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BigPic: Two And A Half Years Of Computer Use In One Incredible Image
By Colin Lecher, popsci.comA map of when artist Marcin Ignac used his computer, when he didn’t, and what he was seeing
For a project titled Every Day of My Life, artist/programmer/designer Marcin Ignac used software to track, measure, and visualize his computer use…
RT @PopSci: One guy’s 2.5 years of computer use crammed into one big, scribbly, and beautiful infographic: http://flip.it/BJi0r http://flip.it/SNh0a
Journey | Popular Science
popsci.comPeaceful, addictive gaming at last.
The fastest-selling game in the history of the PlayStation Network has no sniper rifles, no speeding cars, and not a single word of dialogue. Journey is solely a piece of interactive art. The…
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