Mobile phones as prestige displays in Liverpool pubs study
Natalie Angier reports University of Liverpool researchers observed professional men in a Liverpool pub showing and fiddling with cell phones more than women. The study argues phones act as leking status symbols, signaling social access and connectivity, with implications for gendered display and youth behavior.
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University of Liverpool
Human Nature
John Lycett
Robin Dunbar
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Geoffrey Miller
UCLA
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U.K
Lycett
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Abyssal storms observed in Gulf depths by Alvin crew
Scientists aboard the submersible Alvin in the Gulf of Mexico 8000 to 10000 feet deep witnessed massive abyssal storms that churn sediment and sweep fish and shrimp. The two week expedition from Galveston linked furrows on the sea floor to high current flows of 1 to 1.5 knots, with some exceeding 2.5 knots, threatening offshore gas and oil rigs and prompting further study by Texas A&M Woods Hole UNC Wilmington and partner institutions.
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Gulf
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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University of North Carolina At
Wilmington
Louisiana State University
University of South Carolina
College of William and Mary
The
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