Technology

Thousands Of Papers Using Social Media Data For Behavior Could Be Full Of Flaws

A growing number of scholars are using social media data to write articles about both online and offline human behavior- it's cheap, it's as accurate as surveys if properly controlled, and no one ever has to leave the office. But surveys are not ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 29 2014 - 11:27am

Big Data Engineering- Now With More Neuroscience

We're being overrun with Big Data and that has created a need to increase computing and networking power to make it possible to manage the vast amount of information available. Toward that goal, a new generation of Information and communications tech ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 28 2014 - 6:00am

Privacy For Safety: How Much Will You Forfeit?

shutterstock By Carsten Maple, University of Warwick ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 1 2014 - 9:00am

Bronchoscopy For Dolphins Fixed Stenosis

A 29-year-old bottlenose dolphin recently underwent therapeutic bronchoscopy to treat airway narrowing- stenosis- that was interfering with her breathing. The dolphin had developed a cough (chuffing) which initially responded to antifungal treatment, but ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 2 2014 - 6:30am

One Way Computers Are Better Than Humans: Cataloging Data From Studies

In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue computer beat Garry Kasparov at chess. He had won their first encounter in 1996, with 3 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws (4-2), so the team of programmers and chess experts tweaked the program and in 1997 came out ahead 3.5-2.5, a bi ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 1 2014 - 6:23pm

Cracks In Cryptography: Codebreaking Has Moved On Since Turing's Day

After decades of cracking, the cracks are appearing in cryptography. infobunny, CC BY By Bill Buchanan, Edinburgh Napier University We have always been been intrigued by keeping secrets and uncovering the secrets of others, whether that’s childhood secret ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 2 2014 - 7:30am

In The 21st Century, What Counts As An Academic Publication?

Sunlight is the best medicine. rishibando, CC BY-NC By Christopher Sampson, University of Nottingham ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 3 2014 - 11:54am

No Uglies: Laser Biospeckles Can Detect Fruits "climacteric" Peak

A few years ago, Europe had a policy making it illegal to sell fruit that was not cosmetically ideal. People overpaying for food deserve to have it aesthetically pleasing as well, was the reasoning, and having someone buy ugly fruit was a sign of inequali ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2014 - 5:18pm

Open Payments Program Database Deserves Time To Improve

The Obamacare website is not the only thing that debuted incomplete, buggy, difficult to use and nonetheless mandated. The Open Payments Program database, also known as the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, was 12 years in the making and designed to report ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 5 2014 - 10:51am

Subconscious Menu: Eyetracking Technology Detects Your Pizza Desires…Or Not

You're a vegetarian? But your subconscious ordered the Meat Lover's! BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA By John M. Henderson, University of South Carolina ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 8 2014 - 12:58pm