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Creepy People Leave You Cold
Scientific American: Jack Nicholson, playing the crazed caretaker in The Shining, makes me reach for a blanket. Now a study finds that people we find, well, creepy can actually make us feel colder. The research
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Gün Semin Awarded High Dutch Honor
On April 27, APS Secretary and Fellow Gün R. Semin was awarded the position of Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau. The is a military and civil order of the Netherlands that is open to
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On Pinterest, it’s share and share alike
Los Angeles Times: Americans spend upward of 30 hours a month staring at their computer screens, shopping and browsing and seeking. We relish the efficiency, the expanse of information, the anonymity and the freedom. But
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The Gifts We Keep On Giving
With so many holidays and celebrations, who can blame someone for doing a little recycling, or as it is commonly known, regifting? Not the person who actually gave the original gift, despite what a regifter may think.
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‘Weapons of persuasion’ from Robert Cialdini
Los Angeles Times: Mitt Romney on the stump, singles at the bar, car salesmen on the lot: All sorts of people are practicing the art of persuasion, with varying degrees of success. We like to
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Turned off: Families come together in unplugging technology
Green Bay Press Gazette: Imagine what you could accomplish if you stopped using the Internet, other forms of social media or the television for a short period of time or even a summer. There’d be