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Educational games to train middle schoolers' attention, empathy

Educational games to train middle schoolers' attention, empathy | Science News | Scoop.it
Two years ago, at a meeting on science and education, experts challenged video game manufacturers to develop games that emphasize kindness and compassion instead of violence and aggression.
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Start-up finds online meaning

Start-up finds online meaning | Science News | Scoop.it
(PhysOrg.com) -- Software developed at Oxford University that accurately assesses what people mean from what they say online will provide a valuable ‘sentiment analysis’ tool for businesses, particularly finance companies.
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Study confirms many of us go online for no reason

Study confirms many of us go online for no reason | Science News | Scoop.it
(AP) -- For anyone who needed official word, a new study confirms that many of us - and the majority of young adults - go online for no good reason at all.
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51 Percent Of Total Online Traffic is Non-Human

51 Percent Of Total Online Traffic is Non-Human | Science News | Scoop.it

It probably is no surprise to most that much of online traffic isn’t human. Hacker software, spam, or innocuous data collection from search engines all get their slice of the bandwidth pie. But what might surprise you is exactly how much bandwidth is consumed by humans versus non-humans. It’s pretty much an even split.

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Online role-playing games hurt marital satisfaction, study says

Online role-playing games hurt marital satisfaction, study says | Science News | Scoop.it
Online role playing games negatively affect real-life marital satisfaction, according to a new Brigham Young University study to be published February 15th in the Journal of Leisure Research.
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Is the time you spend online ruining your marriage?

Is the time you spend online ruining your marriage? | Science News | Scoop.it

Warning, the four minutes you will spend reading this blog post may be hazardous to your marriage.

Or so you might think.

New research out of the Netherlands examines the relationship between marriage quality and Internet usage finding that the more frequently an individual uses the Internet the happier they are in their marriage. This news comes with one caveat, however, that independent of frequency of use people who are compulsive Internet users are less happy with their spouse.

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