3 strategies for preventing resident isolation in senior living
The results of a new study in JAMA Network Open suggest that residents’’ personalities may offer clues to preventing social ...
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Digital Counties 2024: Winners Push Transparency, Engagement
This year's Digital Counties Survey awards from the Center for Digital Government* honor local digital government achievements in the range from enhancing cybersecurity to expanding the use of AI and ...
Chikusam Official Emerges as a Fast-Growing Youth-Centric Digital Creator Platform
Chikusam Official is emerging as a youth-driven digital creator platform, blending lifestyle, relatability, and purposeful ...
David Casarett: A doctor's case for medical marijuana
Physician David Casarett was tired of hearing hype and half-truths around medical marijuana, so he put on his skeptic's hat and investigated on his own. He comes back with a fascinating report on what we know and what we don't -- and what mainstream medicine could learn from the modern medical marijuana dispensary.
Susan Pinker: The secret to living longer may be your social life
The Italian island of Sardinia has more than six times as many centenarians as the mainland and ten times as many as North America. Why? According to psychologist Susan Pinker, it's not a sunny disposition or a low-fat, gluten-free diet that keeps the islanders healthy -- it's their emphasis on close personal relationships and face-to-face inter...
UNH honors finalists in Paul J. Holloway Innovation to Market Competition
A team of students at the University of New Hampshire who develop virtual reality games won $15,000 in start-up funding in a ...
Emotional Perception and Social Interaction
Emotional perception comprises the processes by which individuals detect, interpret and respond to affective signals conveyed through facial expressions, vocal intonations, bodily gestures and ...
Social interactions help to form lasting memories, study finds
Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have uncovered a previously overlooked role of the hippocampus in shaping memory, revealing how ...
Amy Cuddy: Your body language may shape who you are
(NOTE: Some of the findings presented in this talk have been referenced in an ongoing debate among social scientists about robustness and reproducibility. Read "Corrections & Updates" below for more details as well as Amy Cuddy's response.) Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psycholog...
Is Grindr Stock Worth Watching Right Now
Grindr remains in focus across social platform discussions as market participants track platform activity, sector positioning, trading movement, and broader technology sentiment trends.
Show HN: Mochi.js: bun-native high-fidelity browser automation library
Hi HN,I’m sharing mochi.js (https://github.com/0xchasercat/mochi), a Bun-native, raw-CDP browser automation framework. It's designed to make programmatic browser use more effective by focusing on consistency and measured parity with regular traffic, purely from the JS layer, against stock Chromium.The most common forms of browser automation focus heavily on client-side line by line probes, which are mostly cosmetic. This makes people feel better but it doesn't have
Media Representations and Social Identity Dynamics
Media representations play a central role in shaping how individuals and communities understand themselves and others. Through images, narratives and framing devices, media outlets construct social ...
Social Media Dynamics in Youth Culture
Social media platforms have become central to the ways in which young people construct identities, forge peer relationships and participate in cultural life across the globe. Through continuous ...
Dan Ariely: Our buggy moral code
Behavioral economist Dan Ariely studies the bugs in our moral code: the hidden reasons we think it's OK to cheat or steal (sometimes). Clever studies help make his point that we're predictably irrational -- and can be influenced in ways we can't grasp.
Chad Frischmann: 100 solutions to reverse global warming
What if we took out more greenhouse gases than we put into the atmosphere? This hypothetical scenario, known as "drawdown," is our only hope of averting climate disaster, says strategist Chad Frischmann. In a forward-thinking talk, he shares solutions to climate change that exist today -- conventional tactics like the use of renewable energy and...
Aparna Bharadwaj: Hidden connections that transcend borders and defy stereotypes
Global consumer strategist Aparna Bharadwaj shares a fascinating glimpse at under-the-radar affinities that transcend cultures and borders -- from the way people snack in China and Saudi Arabia to how people shop for clothes in the US and Russia. "There are patterns where you least expect them," she says -- and paying attention to them just migh...
Ma Jun: An interactive map to track (and end) pollution in China
China has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2060 -- and its citizens are helping industries across the country reach that goal. Environmentalist Ma Jun introduces the Blue Map, an app that empowers people to report pollution violations in their communities and track real-time environmental data, holding emitters accountable and helping companies a...
Dan Ariely: How to change your behavior for the better
What's the best way to get people to change their behavior? In this funny, information-packed talk, psychologist Dan Ariely explores why we make bad decisions even when we know we shouldn't -- and discusses a couple tricks that could get us to do the right thing (even if it's for the wrong reason).
BCCI cracks down on IPL 'reel culture', players told to limit posting content amid 'honey trap' fears: Report
The BCCI has expanded its anti-corruption efforts during IPL 2026, targeting not just players but also their families, broadcasters, and social media creators.
EXCLUSIVE: One in five addicts in rehab now hooked on social media as experts warn of new crisis
Clinic bosses say some addicts spend more than eight hours a day online without realising how much of their lives have been ...