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Self-Reflection Found to Impair the Acquisition of New Skills Posted: 13 Feb 2015 07:00 AM PST Whenever we drift off into the land of daydreams or lose sight of what we’re doing thanks to The post Self-Reflection Found to Impair the Acquisition of New Skills has been published on Technology Org.

It takes more than merit: Alma mater’s prestige highly predictive of faculty placement Posted: 13 Feb 2015 05:14 AM PST A new study finds that small differences in institutional prestige have an enormous impact on the likelihood that The post It takes more than merit: Alma mater’s prestige highly predictive of faculty placement has been published on Technology Org.

Scientists tackle issue of how to get a first date in a digital world Posted: 13 Feb 2015 04:56 AM PST An online profile name beginning with letters A-M is as important as an attractive photo and fluent headline The post Scientists tackle issue of how to get a first date in a digital world has been published on Technology Org.

How a wedding engagement changes Twitter feeds Posted: 13 Feb 2015 04:37 AM PST A researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology has used Twitter as a lens to look into the The post How a wedding engagement changes Twitter feeds has been published on Technology Org.

Study: 20% of suicide cases are related to unemployment Posted: 13 Feb 2015 01:25 AM PST Study conducted by University of Zurich reveals that one in five suicides is associated with unemployment. Approximately 45,000 The post Study: 20% of suicide cases are related to unemployment has been published on Technology Org.

A ‘Flickr-ing’ view of the world, in 4-D Posted: 13 Feb 2015 01:07 AM PST Imagine a version of Google Street View where you could hit the rewind button and see any point The post A ‘Flickr-ing’ view of the world, in 4-D has been published on Technology Org.

If you could change your personality, would you? Posted: 12 Feb 2015 01:11 PM PST New research shows that motivated people can change their personality in short period of time. New research undertaken The post If you could change your personality, would you? has been published on Technology Org.