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Chris Nerney writes about research news and the latest discoveries in the areas of science, technology, space and psychology.

Which smartphone do older users like more than younger users? (You may be surprised)

Posted Feb 11, 2013 - 08:01 pm

Which smartphone do older customers of Verizon Wireless prefer -- the iPhone 5 or Samsung Galaxy SIII?
Marital satisfaction in 21 minutes (and no, we're not talking about sex)

Posted Feb 06, 2013 - 12:29 pm

What's the key to marital satisfaction? Well, yeah, but also this other thing that Northwestern University researchers discovered.
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- Software, divorce, health
Time travel is lonely and other Google Autocomplete revelations

Posted Feb 04, 2013 - 10:47 pm

Google Autocomplete suggests many of us are blinded by scientific skepticism.
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- Software, climate change, Google
Good news! The odds are slim that you'll be killed by an asteroid or comet

Posted Feb 01, 2013 - 06:33 pm

There's another asteroid passing near Earth later this month. Don't lose sleep over it.
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- Software, asteroid, comet
Hey space fans, did you know you can actually get a job at NASA? Check it out

Posted Jan 30, 2013 - 05:29 pm

Why observe mankind's reach for the stars from the sidelines when you can be right in on the action?
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- Software, developers, jobs
Timely and grim reminders of the dangers of space travel

Posted Jan 28, 2013 - 07:36 pm

The anniversaries of three space-related tragedies this week should give pause to even the most ardent supporters of sending humans to Mars.
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- Hardware, Elon Musk, mars
In chimpanzees, social grooming builds bonds, begets a buzz

Posted Jan 25, 2013 - 03:32 pm

Chimpanzees build social bonds -- and get a warm feeling all over -- through mutual grooming, a new study shows.
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- Hardware, bonding, chimpanzees
Even in the world of science, men are such big liars!

Posted Jan 23, 2013 - 12:08 pm

A new study underscores a stark gender difference in cases of research misconduct perpetrated by scientists.
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- Hardware, men, research
Was this giant Mars crater once a lake?

Posted Jan 21, 2013 - 03:34 pm

Data from a Mars orbiter have researchers speculating that water underground once may have filled McLaughlin Crater.
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- Software, Curiosity rover, mars
The month that makes the difference between wolves and dogs

Posted Jan 18, 2013 - 10:50 am

Dogs and wolves experience and interpret life differently as puppies, largely determining whether they can be domesticated.

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