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Ready set...Go!

Ready set…Go!

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Kate Blackburn

The No. 1 Go player in the world lost to a computer! 

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Look Familiar?

Look Familiar?

Posted on May 19, 2017July 31, 2017 by Kate Blackburn

The New York Times recently ran a study (with the help of Kyle Dropp) to explore the relationship between people’s knowledge of geography…

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Robot Surgery

Robot Surgery

Posted on May 15, 2017December 6, 2017 by Kate Blackburn

Check out this cool article about robot assisted surgery. It will save brain surgeons oodles of time!    

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Cuneiform and counting

Cuneiform and counting

Posted on May 9, 2017August 1, 2017 by Kate Blackburn

Currently, I am reading Sapiens, a book that takes the reader on a journey exploring man’s evolution. After reading a section of the…

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#streetartlocations

#streetartlocations

Posted on May 2, 2017May 15, 2017 by Kate Blackburn

Researchers used captions on Instagram to map popular street art locations in Melbourne, Australia.  The technique worked by examining the frequency of words…

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What am I watching?

What am I watching?

Posted on April 27, 2017April 27, 2017 by Kate Blackburn

I’ve been watching the Americans. As an eighties baby its a throwback to my childhood. A time before cell phones. Key maps instead…

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The language of pink collared jobs

The language of pink collared jobs

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Kate Blackburn

Textio (a writing platform used to help employers craft the best possible job listings) analyzed 50 million job listings in hopes of learning how pink…

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What does casual homophobia sound like on Twitter?

What does casual homophobia sound like on Twitter?

Posted on April 13, 2017December 6, 2017 by Kate Blackburn

Recently, the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services (iSMSS) has put together a website that explores casual homophobic language (words like “faggot”…

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Adjective ordering

Adjective ordering

Posted on March 31, 2017April 5, 2017 by Kate Blackburn

Linguists were curious about how the ordering of adjectives can make a phrase sound more natural. In a series of studies they found…

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Sex primes influence on new romantic relationships

Sex primes influence on new romantic relationships

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Kate Blackburn

Does thinking about sex influence how new romantic relationships develop? Researchers interested in this question conducted several studies and found some interesting answers….

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