GIRLS are no less competitive than boys, they're simply subtler about it, a study of pre-schoolers suggests. While boys use head-on aggression to get what they want, girls rely on the pain of social exclusion. picked by bingo 1 year ago

Killer whales create and visit social clubs just like people do, scientists have discovered. Up to 100 fish-eating killer whales come together in the Avacha Gulf, off the coast of Russia. But no-one knew why the whales form these huge superpods, when they normally live in smaller groups.Now scientists report in the Journal of Ethology that these groups act as clubs in which the killer whales form... read full post picked by Bingo 4 months ago

Women may be fed up with being stereotyped as the chattier sex, but the cliche turns out to be true - in female-centric monkey groups at least. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

a community effort to classify, rank, and distribute high resolution images for use as computer wallpaper. Similar to Plime in that you rate various computer wallpaper. Upload, download, or just browse their collection. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Decoding the brain is hard work. It is incredibly complex and we don't even know what the code is - chemical, electrical, both, neither let alone how to decode it. Dopamine, a neurotransmitter may be the key to unlocking the brain's encryption and may be linked to complex social phenomena as well as changing neuroscience in the process. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

That's not my name! Never mind identity theft, now the government re-names you without your knowledge! Anchorage Daily News opinion columnist Heather Lende finds out the government says she's not who she thought she was. picked by metallichic55 3 years ago

Fans of MySpace and Facebook are divided by much more than which music they like, suggests a study. picked by pjanaway 2 years ago

What will you retire with? picked by gammerus 2 years ago

Bureaucrats here have infuriated the Japanese public by losing millions of government pension records. This week, someone with a knife and a willingness to kill appears to be hunting them down.

With the mess the US Social Security is in, how long will it take for something similar to happen here? picked by tigertony 1 year ago

Google now offers a portfolio feature you can edit to be displayed whenever people search for your name. What is the purpose of them being given so much information about you? Could it be for their own social network? picked by bernardblack 7 months ago

A social worker has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child for posting a sexually suggestive ad on Craigslist directing callers to the home of a 9-year-old girl picked by suebe 5 months ago

BANG! An eruption of laughter fills the vicinity as you desperately try to learn your surroundings. You feel as if the world has gotten much colder and darker as you realize your arms and legs are contorted around your body. Faint rays of light are slipping through three small slits in front of you. Suddenly it dawns on you, your in your school locker. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

If you are trying to sell things on the Internet and you do not have a blog you are putting yourself at a disadvantage. Would you go to play golf without a putter?

Your competition is blogging and they are beating your pants off every day with ease. A part of blogging is submitting your articles to social directories. picked by abcdfg1978 2 years ago

Here’s a collection of 115 social bookmark and news sites ranked by PageRank, number of links and value of each site. picked by Bearsuit 2 years ago

Parents who social workers say might shout at, or even loudly reprimand, their children in the future have been branded as potential emotional abusers and had their toddlers or newborn babies removed from them. picked by Doggylives 4 months ago

The U.S. Public Health Service and the American Social Hygiene Association prepared elaborate poster displays during the 1920s in order to eradicate sexually transmitted diseases. “Keeping Fit” “Youth and Life” was a 48-poster series designed to educate girls and young women about the dangers of sexual promiscuity and urged them to embrace moral and physical fitness. picked by cheeselog1234 2 years ago

"Msnbc.com is diving into citizen journalism and social media by acquiring Newsvine.com, a small but innovative player in what is known as “participatory journalism.”" -

A new age in journalism.....? picked by pitim 2 years ago

These links, using both videos and photographs, show us a postmodern world view that makes counter cultural or social commentary statements through different kinds of creative artistic expressions, frequently with a humorous approach. picked by FreeMind 2 years ago

My review of Michelle MacPherson's Social Media Daily guide. picked by vincentrich 2 years ago

The most completed list of general social media websites to submit RSS feeds, bookmark links, and share news. picked by tubalusa 2 years ago