Life News (Popular Culture)

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Food-related hashtags on social media have millions of posts: but what happens after we snap a food selfie? Intrigued by this new social norm and its impact, Sean Coary, Ph.D., assistant professor of food marketing at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, teamed up with Morgan Poor, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing at the University of San Diego, to research the impact of consumer-generated images of food on satisfaction.

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With the death “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee, Florida State University English Professor Diane Roberts is available to provide context and analysis on Lee’s career and its impact on the literary world.

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What makes the electrified hum of a lightsaber?Academy Award-winning sound designer Gary Rydstrom, who worked on “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” explains the mysterious sound behind a Jedi’s trusty weapon in the new Northwestern University SoundTank podcast series.

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Emily Lazar '93 is no stranger to musicians known for chart-topping hits. As president and chief mastering engineer of The Lodge, Lazar has been nominated for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. Lazar worked as mastering engineer on the album Recreational Love by American indie pop duo The Bird and the Bee. She is the first female mastering engineer has been nominated in this category.

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Texting can make the heart grow fonder. That is just one of the findings of the latest research from Catalina Toma, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Results show that even couples who live close to one another rely heavily on mobile media to manage their dating relationships. And that can be a good thing, Toma says.

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University of Iowa professors develop algorithm that predicts the probability of a movie's box office profitability.

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Thousands flock to the internet in search of ways to boost a healthy lifestyle. Many popular diet facts and trends are circulated so often in the media that it’s hard to know which tips to trust and which ones should be tossed. Underneath popular opinion and platitudes, the truth about eating healthy may surprise you. A Texas A&M Health Science Center registered dietician separates myths from fact when it comes to your diet.

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Super Bowl Sunday is fast approaching, and you’re planning to throw — or go — to a big party of friends and families. So what do you do with the young’uns to keep them happy and occupied so you can watch the game in (relative) peace? A Baylor expert offers ideas.

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Diana Rice, a registered dietitian on staff with The Monday Campaigns (the nonprofit organization behind Meatless Monday), offers these tips to get your health back on track after an indulgent Super Bowl Sunday.

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In two weeks, UC San Diego Health orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Sonya Ahmed will head to Lillehammer, Norway for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games. Ahmed is a former elite athlete herself—competing internationally in gymnastics and in collegiate pole vaulting. But this time she’s heading to the world stage not as an athlete, but as a doctor.

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Bestselling author John Grisham has written "The Tumor", a fictional account of how a real medical technology could impact the future of medicine. The short book is about focused ultrasound, a revolutionary non-invasive therapy with the potential to transform the treatment of a variety of serious medical disorders. The Kindle e-book is available for free on Amazon.

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Beginning with “one electrifying night” in 1969 and continuing through the mid-1970s, Elvis Presley reigned as Las Vegas’ top nightclub act. But his first attempt to win over fans in that city 60 years ago was “a painful setback” for the young performer, writes a Missouri University of Science and Technology historian.

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As hundreds of students from across the country prepare to move into their resident halls this weekend, Stony Brook University is taking an extra steps to keep students safe.The Emergency Operating Center (EOC) at Stony Brook will be activated, starting at midnight tomorrow (Friday into Saturday) and throughout the storm.

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“The Revenant,” a movie nominated for 12 Oscars including for best picture and best actor, is a film that takes liberties telling the true story of mountain man Hugh Glass. Jon Coleman, professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, says the fiction in the storytelling is, in a way, the "most historical part."

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There are gray areas when trying to classify daily sports fantasy contests as games of skill or luck, but the unique attributes of repetitions and permutations, despite the quick payouts, make fantasy sports games of skill.

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Rutgers, Pepsi partner to distribute 4 million cans in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware during milestone celebration

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Parents looking for holiday gifts that instill character should check out the Transformer toys and DVD. In a study to be printed in the spring of 2016, Dr. Peter Harms says the Transformers franchise provides key lessons about leadership, teams and the characteristics necessary to get ahead.

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An amusing yet scientific look at how St. Nick’s powers stack up against Superman, the Hulk and various other Marvel Comics and DC Comics characters.

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Look around your holiday party this season and you won’t just see typical Yuletide flair—something quite bold and different may catch your eye. The “ugly Christmas sweater” has emerged as a holiday necessity, and according to Tipsy Elves founders – Nicklaus Morton, a 2005 graduate of UC San Diego, and Evan Mendelsohn, who graduated in 2006 – the trend is here to stay.

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Focus on gratitude, not presents —The good news about children and the holidays? “Kids aren’t as materialistic as many think, says a Wake Forest psychologist.

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On Saturday, December 12, 2015, from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Meridian Community Resource Center at Freehold Raceway Mall (located near Macy’s on Level One) , will host a gift wrapping extravaganza called Wrapped in Love. The center will offer gift wrapping services for shoppers and accept voluntary donations in support of K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital – the most comprehensive provider of pediatric care in Monmouth and Ocean counties.

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The University of California, Irvine’s anteater mascot, voted Mashable’s 2015 Mascot Madness champion, will host an entry in the 107th Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade and will be represented on the Irvine Chamber of Commerce/Destination Irvine’s boat. Peter’s appearances are part of UCI’s 50th anniversary celebration and help illustrate the spirit of innovation shared by the campus and larger community.

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By combining the advancing tools of technology with time-honored techniques of interviewing and storytelling, Christmas can be an ideal time for people to preserve eyewitness accounts of experiences from loved ones for future generations, says an oral historian at Baylor University. .

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University of Montreal's Olivier Bauer examines why Jewish food has become a symbol of the city