Tag: Popular Science

  • FYI: What Is Hikikomori? | Popular Science

    FYI: What Is Hikikomori? | Popular Science. Related articles FYI: What Would Happen If I Ate Nothing But Meat? (oddonion.com) How Underwater Drones Are Searching For the Lost Pilots of WWII (gizmodo.com) FYI: Why Does My Voice Sound Different When I Hear It On A Recording? (oddonion.com)

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  • Turn your Mac into a spectrometer

    (via Turn Your Laptop Into a Spectrometer – Popular Mechanics) Related articles Apple (Finally) Updates The Mac Pro (techcrunch.com)

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  • Your FB likes become your demographic profile

    What Your Likes On Facebook Betray About You By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com Another 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… RT @PopSci: An algorithm can…

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  • iPhone as psycho research lab

    Your iPhone Is A Reliable Research Lab By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com A 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…

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  • Things the Internet does to our love lives

    5 Terrible Things The Internet Does To Our Love Lives By Shaunacy Ferro, popsci.com And 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… RT @PopSci:…

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  • Digital Tool Ages Your Face To Scare You Into Saving Money

    Digital Tool Ages Your Face To Scare You Into Saving Money By Colin Lecher, popsci.com People 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…

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