«Distortive effects of short distance photographs on nasal appearance: The selfie effect: Researchers develop new mathematical model to explain how smartphones act as «portable funhouse mirrors».» (sciencedaily.com)
New mathematical models of this mechanism, developed by Koen Dijkstra of the University of Twente in The Netherlands, show a critical tipping point: at lower energy levels, there is no way back. (sciencedaily.com)
Following the murders at Charlie Hebdo in January, the agency funded several new research projects on security and violence — for example, into new mathematical models for social interactions — and increased its support for research on human behavior, the Middle East, the Muslim world, and religions in general. (sciencemag.org)