| Private data revealed by Facebook 'likes': study |
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 | Those Facebook 'likes' can reveal a lot more than you think.
Research released Monday shows patterns from these Facebook preferences can provide surprisingly accurate estimates of the user's race, age, IQ, sexuality and other personal information.
The researchers developed an algorithm which uses Facebook likes -- which are publicly available unl... Full Story |
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| Study predicts US deficit cuts will slow growth |
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 | US economic growth will slow to 1.4 percent in 2013, partly as a result of austerity measures dividing Washington, according to a study by the Congressional Budget Office released Tuesday.
The CBO projected that US gross domestic product will rise 1.4 percent this year, down from its estimate of 1.9 percent in 2012, which itself is slightly lower ... Full Story |
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| More housework, less sex for married men: study |
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 | The road to hell is paved with good intentions, as they say: the more housework married men do, the less sex they have, according to a new study published Wednesday.
Husbands who spend more time doing traditionally female chores -- such as cooking, cleaning, and shopping -- reported having less sex than those who do more masculine tasks, said the ... Full Story |
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| Cats in US kill billions of birds, mammals: study |
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 | Domestic cats in the United States kill up to 3.7 billion birds and as many as 20.7 billion mice, voles and other small mammals each year, biologists estimated on Tuesday.
Puss is probably the biggest human-induced killer of these species, outstripping better-known culprits such as habitat loss, agricultural chemicals or hunting, they said in a st... Full Story |
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| Binge drinking serious problem for US women: study |
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 | Binge drinking is an under-recognized problem for US women, nearly 14 million of whom engage in it about three times a month, downing about six drinks each time, says a study released Tuesday.
The practice is most common among women aged 18 to 34 as well as high school students, whites, Hispanics and women with household incomes of $75,000 or more... Full Story |
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| Antidepressants don't increase pregnancy risks: study |
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 | The use of antidepressants during pregnancy is not linked to a higher overall risk of stillbirth and death in newborns, a study said Tuesday, confounding a long-held opposing view of such drugs.
The Swedish study of more than 1.6 million births in five Nordic countries included nearly 30,000 women who had filled in a prescription for an SSRI (sele... Full Story |
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| Space travel can accelerate Alzheimer's: US study |
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 | Long journeys into deep space, including a mission to Mars, could expose astronauts to levels of cosmic radiation harmful to the brain and accelerate Alzheimer's disease, according to a US study.
The NASA-funded study involved bombarding mice with varied radiation doses, including levels comparable to what voyagers would experience during a missio... Full Story |
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| BRAZIL CELEBRATES 200 YEARS OF CHINESE IMMIGRATION |
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 | In 1812, Portugal’s regent prince, Dom João, promoted the immigration to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, of some 300 Chinese peasants specialized in the plantation of tea, with a view to introducing this crop to the country. The Portuguese court had been relocated to Rio de Janeiro since 1808, in ... Full Story |
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