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We hear a lot about the downside of plugged-in teenagers — the anxiety the experience on social media, sexting, cyberbullying — but that doesn't mean that teens don't feel some psychological benefits from all that time spent online. In fact, a recent study found that good old fashioned blogging can actually function as a form of therapy. More »
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Earlier this month we told you about a study published in the latest issue of Hormones and Behavior, that concluded that women's facial features and estrogen levels correlate with their self-reported desire to have children. More »
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Mira Grant, the alter ego of Seanan McGuire, had a fresh take on the role of blogging and communications after the zombie apocalypse, in Feed. Now check out your first look at the cover of the second book, Deadline. More »
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The writer-producer who cut her teeth on Buffy and Firefly, and most recently steered the Caprica ship, is dropping science after an almost two-year absence. You should go read. More »
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Is science fiction keeping ordinary people from understanding real science? Many science writers seem to think so. Science blogging conference Science09 decided to survey science bloggers about their feelings on science fiction, and the results were surprisingly negative. At the very least, science experts don't seem to think scifi is promoting scientific literacy — and it may actually be making people more clueless, rather than less. More »
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When io9 launched last week (happy one week anniversary, everybody!) many remarked about how gorgeous our logo is. Now you can meet the woman behind that logo. She's Eliza Gauger: artist, comic book creator, blogger, videogame geek, and monster-lover. We've got an exclusive interview with the three-headed lady herself, plus a gallery of her dreamy crawlies to make your morning just a little bit more surreal. More »
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Smartypants futurist Jamais Cascio has noticed something especially eschatological in the search logs for his blog, Open the Future. A few months ago, "end of the world" suddnely become the most popular search term leading people to his writing. Just to illustrate the weirdness, he's created a graph showing how the phrase stacked up against other search terms like "anthrax" and "astroid strike." Check out the results, with handy color coding. More »
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