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- Scientists show positive effects of affirmative action policies promoting women
- Quarter of tweets not worth reading, Twitter users tell researchers
- What are friends for? Negating negativity
| Scientists show positive effects of affirmative action policies promoting women Posted: 02 Feb 2012 12:17 PM PST Interventions to promote women have continuously been criticized as ineffective and inhibiting performance. Economists have now rejected this criticism; they conducted a series of experiments which examined the efficiency and effects of various interventions to increase women's willingness to enter competition.  |
| Quarter of tweets not worth reading, Twitter users tell researchers Posted: 01 Feb 2012 09:07 AM PST Twitter users choose the microblogs they follow, but that doesn't mean they always like what they get. Researchers found that users say only a little more than a third of the tweets they receive are worthwhile. Other tweets are either so-so or, in one out of four cases, not worth reading at all.  |
| What are friends for? Negating negativity Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:59 AM PST "Stand by me" is a common refrain when it comes to friendship but new research demonstrates that the concept goes beyond pop music: keeping friends close has real physiological and psychological benefits.  |
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