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| New social network study investigates how people use Facebook to maintain friendships Posted: 03 Jan 2014 05:51 PM PST New social networking research investigates how individuals use Facebook to maintain their friendships. |
| In search of . . . time travelers Posted: 03 Jan 2014 05:51 PM PST Scientists couldn't find any visitors from another century, but they had a very interesting time trying. They selected search terms relating to two recent phenomena, Pope Francis and Comet ISON, and began looking for references to them before they were known to exist. Their work was exhaustive: they used a variety of search engines, such as Google and Bing, and combed through Facebook and Twitter. In the case of Comet ISON, there were no mentions before it burst on the scene in September 2012. They discovered only one blog post referencing a Pope Francis before Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected head of the Catholic Church on March 16, but it seemed more accidental that prescient. |
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