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Ah, women, always 'emoticoning'

Online Chat

In the linguistic marketplace, men are bigger talkers and are more expressive than women. But that historical footnote falls apart under the influence of computer-mediated communication such as text messaging. Women get downright chatty and flirtatious.  More »

IU center working to block ‘cybergeddon’

The IU center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, headed by IU Distinguished Professor Fred Cate, is aiding federal agencies toward blocking a "cybergeddon."  More »

Speed dating

Body Language

In assessing the romance brewing in a first encounter, both men and women are good at gauging men's interest and equally bad at judging women's interest, according to a new IU study published in the journal Psychological Science.  More »

Sustainability

Lake

Large scale or small scale farming in the deforested Amazon Basin: funding from the NIH will allow IU researchers to attempt an answer to the controversial question: what are the best types of economic development in certain environmental settings?  More »