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At the beginning of this century Facebook still did not exist and Google was taking its first steps in the hand of Yahoo!. It is true that since then it has rained a lot (well … not really as much as it should) but it is still impressive how the [...]

There is no day when citizens / consumers do not have news about the mendacity with which the companies of the “new economy” collect and process our data. Now it's up to the almighty Google, who has been discovered by spying microphones on the homes of naïve users who relied [...]

Smartphone-based mindfulness training may help people feel less lonely and motivate them to interact with more people, according to a new study. The researchers also found acceptance skills training to be a critical active ingredient for improving these social functioning outcomes. The study demonstrates a new approach that harnesses widely [...]

Kickstarter projects actually raise money faster just before they reach their funding goal than once they have enough support to definitely move forward, research shows. That finding is a revelation in an industry that raised more than $5.2 billion across more than 6.4 million fundraising campaigns worldwide last year, according [...]

Children who live in homes with all vinyl flooring or flame-retardant chemicals in the sofa have significantly higher concentrations of potentially harmful compounds in their blood or urine than children who live in homes that don't, according to a new study. The study shows that kids living in homes where... [...]

Your throat is dry, and when you talk if feels like two sandpapers rubbing against one another. This sensation causes you to cough, making you feel all the worse. When a sore throat hits, we don't always have time to run to the doctor or the pharmacy. [...]

Most people believe that creating a happy implies having fun in the house all day long. While fun is great, it is a temporary fix for a permanent need. Happy homes are not the result of superficial emotionalism but rather a constant supply of stimuli that produce positive feelings, memories, [...]

When making financial decisions, older adults think of other people's financial outcomes as they think of their own and make choices they would have made for themselves, according to a new study. In the study, researchers compared how adults in older and younger age groups make financial decisions both for... [...]

Astronomers have discovered the brightest object ever seen at a time when the universe was less than one billion years old. The brilliant beacon is a quasar, the core of a galaxy with a black hole ravenously eating material surrounding it. Though the quasar is very far away—12. [...]

WhatsApp groups are sometimes a nightmare and that's why the company is already working on a new function: an invitation system that is already being tested although it is not yet available. This new privacy configuration had already become a very popular demand by the users of the "app». [...]

Having a baby is one of the most fascinating and fantastic feelings you can have, but it also comes with its difficulties. When you are thinking of having kids and starting a family, there are many things you must consider before making the last decision. One of the choices you... [...]

As digital technology continues to evolve there are revolutionary changes in the business world. Advanced softwares allow huge volumes of work to be done in short durations of time and paperwork has become a thing of the past. Government's around the world have embraced these advancements, using new initiatives to [...]

Heavy pressures at work seem to predispose women to weight gain, irrespective of whether they have received an academic education. This is shown in a study of more than 3,800 people in Sweden. “We were able to see that high job demands played a part in women's weight gain, while [...]

Antireflection (AR) coatings on plastics have a multitude of practical applications, including glare reduction on eyeglasses, computer monitors and the display on your smart-phone when outdoors. Now, researchers at Penn State have developed an AR coating that improves on existing coatings to the extent that it can make transparent plastics, [...]

Most people can't tell native advertising apart from actual news articles, according to new research. There are all kinds of ways to avoid advertising, such as using ad-blocker software, fast-forwarding through commercials, or choosing ad-free media streaming services like Netflix. This has forced advertisers to get creative to put their [...]

Good News for travellers looking for to live the high life while hopping around the globe. Thanks to an under performing and unpredictable housing market, the economic impact is being strongly felt in luxury property. With foreign investment decreasing and market uncertainty still hovering overhead, the wealthy are having a [...]

Exercise training alters brain blood flow and improves cognitive performance in older adults, though not in the way you might think. A new study published by University of Maryland School of Public Health researchers in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease showed that exercise was associated with improved brain function in [...]

A landmark study from The Australian National University (ANU) has found that forest soils need several decades to recover from bushfires and logging – much longer than previously thought. Lead researcher Elle Bowd from the ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society said the team found forest soils recovered very [...]

By combining deep learning algorithms and statistical methods, investigators from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG) of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the Institute of Genomics at the University of Tartu have identified, in the genome of Asiatic individuals, the footprint [...]

Americans are happier in states where governments spend more on public goods, among them libraries, parks, highways, natural resources and police protection, a Baylor University study has found. “Public goods are things you can't exclude people from using — and one person using them doesn't stop another from doing so,”... [...]