Study Suggests People Are More Focused on Expressing Themselves Than Engaging With Others

Medicine & Technology Oct 01, 2020

When people have the option to "like" an article online, they spend less time reading it. In other words, they focus more on expressing themselves by liking the article than engaging.

What Tactics Can Help You Survive A Zombie Apocalypse? Researchers Have the Answer

Mar 08, 2015

Think that you’ve got what it takes to survive a zombie apocalypse? Well you may be right. But if you’re training in the city, a new study may reveal that your survival rate is significantly affected, in the event that a zombie-like infection were on the loose.

How ‘Gravitational Lensing’ Made One Supernova into Four—‘Einstein Cross’

Mar 08, 2015

Nicknamed the “Einstein Cross” after the famous physicist who predicted the possibility of the phenomenon as a result of his theory of relativity more than a century ago, the formation was made possible by a strange occurrence known as gravitational lensing. When a galaxy or cluster is large enough, they can often bend light that passes through it. And when they are rather perfectly aligned with Earth, even small events too far to be seen can be magnified so that researchers are able to detect them.

Dawn Spacecraft Arrives to Ceres—Hear What NASA Has to Say About the Mission

Mar 06, 2015

After more than seven years of drifting in space, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has finally achieved its primary mission of entering orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres. Becoming the first ever mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet, mission controllers with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory received confirmation this morning that the small orbiter had finally reached its destination.

How Your "Likes" On Facebook Give Computers The Upper-Hand In Our Interpersonal Relationships

Jan 14, 2015

A recent study published in the journal PNAS earlier this week, delved into how our "digital footprints" give our computers the upper-edge in understanding the person behind the screen. And what it found was that digital footprints, like a "like" or a share, may reveal more about the person than even what their closest friends would know.