Tag: research

September 19, 2016 at 6:36 pm

Data Analysis of 18 Million Amazon Reviews Finds Incentivized Reviewers Give Higher Ratings

Data Analysis of 18 Million Amazon Reviews Finds Incentivized Reviewers Give Higher Ratings

People given free or discounted products in exchange for reviews were found to rate products 0.4 stars higher

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August 26, 2016 at 2:55 pm

Why The Dark Knight’s Joker Is The Perfect Antagonist

Why The Dark Knight's Joker Is The Perfect Antagonist

Heath Ledger’s performance as The Joker is universally celebrated—and with good reason—but there is more to the character than his excellent performance

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August 19, 2016 at 4:37 pm

The MIT Tech That Lets You Manipulate Video Objects by Analyzing Vibrations

The MIT Tech That Lets You Manipulate Video Objects by Analyzing Vibrations

I’m pickin’ up good vibrations

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June 15, 2016 at 12:46 pm

Close-Up of the First Mechanical Gear Ever Found in Nature

Close-Up of the First Mechanical Gear Ever Found in Nature

The biological form of a mechanical gear was observed in juvenile planthoppers, a common insect found in gardens across Europe

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June 2, 2016 at 6:58 pm

Your Brain is Two and What Makes You, You

Your Brain is Two and What Makes You, You

CGP Grey and Kurzgesagt collaborate on a two-part video series about our brain(s) and what we’re ‘made’ of

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May 27, 2016 at 2:23 pm

Guy Sets Remote Camera Deep in the Amazon and Captures the Rainforest’s Incredible Biodiversity

Guy Sets Remote Camera Deep in the Amazon and Captures the Rainforest's Incredible Biodiversity

“An Unseen World” is an award winning short film by Paul Rosolie. The variety of species captured in this one location is astounding

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May 10, 2016 at 4:37 pm

Canadian Teen May Have Found Lost City Using Ancient Star Maps

Canadian Teen May Have Found Lost City Using Ancient Star Maps

No other scientist has found such correlation in the past several hundred years of study of the Ancient civilization

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May 3, 2016 at 12:10 pm

Rare and Mysterious Jellyfish Spotted 12,000 Ft Deep

Rare and Mysterious Jellyfish Spotted 12,000 Ft Deep

The mysterious jellyfish was seen during the Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas expedition on April 24, 2016, while exploring Enigma Seamount at a depth of ~3,700 meters (12,100 ft)

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April 20, 2016 at 11:53 am

How the Same Emoji Varies Across Platforms

How the Same Emoji Varies Across Platforms

That ‘grinning face with smiling eyes’ emoji does not look how you think it looks

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March 15, 2016 at 3:50 pm

Watch 6 Microbots Weighing 100 Grams Work Together to Pull an 1800 kg Car

Watch 6 Microbots Weighing 100 Grams Work Together to Pull an 1800 kg Car

Inspired by ants’ ability to transport objects far larger than themselves, researchers at Stanford used 6 microbots weighing only 100 grams to pull a car

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