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- Privacy risk in your DNA
- Social network use reflects East-West disparity
- How men and women organize their (online) social networks differently
- Blame it on Barney: Student perceptions of an upright tyrannosaurus rex remain obsolete
- Smartphones, tablets help researchers improve storm forecasts
| Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:49 AM PST Scientists have found that advances in DNA sequencing carry with them an enormous risk -- the theft of personal information from genetics databases poses a serious threat to privacy. They urge that new legislation concerning the maintenance of private and public databases, as well as anti-genetic-discrimination laws, should be drafted.  |
| Social network use reflects East-West disparity Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:49 AM PST The stark contrast between America's "me-first" culture and the "collective-good" mentality in China is reflected in the two countries' use of social networking sites, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar.  |
| How men and women organize their (online) social networks differently Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:47 AM PST A new quantitative study of data assembled from the online multiplayer game Pardus examines ways men and women manage their social networks drastically different, even online.  |
| Blame it on Barney: Student perceptions of an upright tyrannosaurus rex remain obsolete Posted: 07 Feb 2013 08:45 AM PST Ask a college student to sketch a Tyrannosaurus rex, and he or she will probably draw an upright, tail-dragging creature with tiny arms. An 8-year-old will draw something similar. They're wrong, of course. The terrible T. rex, an agile, dynamic predator, never went upright. In fact, T. Rex tarried horizontal. So why are students' perceptions of the T. rex stalled in the early 1900s? A research team sought answers after years of anecdotally observing students drawing the T. rex incorrectly.  |
| Smartphones, tablets help researchers improve storm forecasts Posted: 06 Feb 2013 11:15 AM PST Atmospheric scientists are using pressure readings from some new smartphones and tablet computers to improve short-term thunderstorm forecasts. A weather station in every pocket would offer an unprecedented wealth of data.  |
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