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In a move that combines all the cruelty of Dickensian authority figures with all the scary science of Philip K.…
Jan 14 2020
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Dating apps like Grindr, OkCupid, and Tinder might be violating privacy laws by spreading user information to…
Sep 8 2019
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The Department of Motor Vehicles has piles of data on pretty much everyone over sixteen years old in the U.S.…
May 23 2019
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Many people who distrust Facebook’s data collection practices laud the temporary nature of Snapchat, where posts…
Apr 30 2019
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In the U.K.—like in the U.S.—rape is a dramatically underreported crime, and, once reported, few cases go to trial.…
Feb 24 2019
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Ever get targeted by a Facebook ad so highly specific you wonder if there’s now an algorithm that reads your…
Apr 2 2018
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The dating/hook-up app Grindr is sharing the HIV status of its roughly 3.6 million daily users with two other…
Feb 22 2016
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New research says HPV infection rates have basically dropped like a rock among young women since they started…
Aug 7 2015
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Oct 30 2014
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The online shopping site Gilt employs a Principal Data Scientist, which is unsurprising and probably not that…
Jun 5 2014
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Recently, FiveThirtyEight compiled information from a 2009 study from the National Survey of Sexual Health and…
Dec 1 2013
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Despite all of its many and varied uses for acquiring and sharing knowledge or engaging in real, empathetic dialogue…
Aug 27 2013
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Can you judge a state by its PornHub keyword searches? Sure. Why not. And guess what? Right now you're probably…
Nov 22 2012
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According to the latest report from the CDC, U.S. abortions fell by five percent during the recession and its…
Sep 19 2012
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The internet, or at least a large swath of it, doesn't appear to be an entirely friendly space for moms, at least…
Sep 14 2011
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Indiana wins! Go Indiana! Oh wait, that's a chart of the different kinds of abortion restrictions existing in a…
Jun 3 2011
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It's been thirty years since the discovery of the AIDS virus, and while they've included immeasurable tragedy, there…
Feb 28 2011
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We can report that the just ended New York fashion week featured the least racially diverse cast of models since…
Sep 10 2010
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What makes a culture unique? What tastes, interests, and concepts define an ethnicity? These are big questions, and…
Aug 11 2010
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The latest salvo in OkCupid's ingenious campaign to woo us with data is the discovery that iPhone users have the…