Topic: Online Dating

The Downside of Using Spotify as a Dating Site

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A pair of apps hit Spotify on Thursday, both with a new and ambitious mission: to find you a lover.

By Jen Doll

Apr 23, 2012

Andrea Peyser Does Not Approve of This 'Online Dating'

Poor misguided "dating spreadsheet guy" of last week has another moment in the New York Post, this time from Andrea Peyser, our new favorite dating columnist, who's not only full of advice but also so effervescently positive.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 19, 2012

Today in Research

Breast Cancer 10 Times More Complicated; Fixing Paralysis

Discovered: Breast cancer isn't just one type of cancer, a device that made a paralyzed monkey move, ecstasy isn't all that happy after all, and a reason to spoil kids with more toys. 

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By Jen Doll

Apr 19, 2012

In Defense of the Dating Spreadsheet

"Dating spreadsheet guy" is the romantic anti-hero, someone who hopes to manipulate love (in Excel!), someone who needs to "keep track" of dates as if they were possessions, someone who judges on paper.

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By Jen Doll

Mar 13, 2012

The Business of Revamping Your Online Dating Profile

Even though so many people are meeting each other and forming relationships online that your grandma can't even really look at you funny for it (maybe she's doing it herself), a lot of us are doing it wrong. That's where Christine Hooker, professional online dating consultant, comes in.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 24, 2012

Will Social Seating Selection Kill the Airplane Meet-Cute?

There are two dueling propositions when boarding any plane nowadays, beyond, obviously, getting to your destination safely and in a reasonable amount of time.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 14, 2012

How to Spot a Lie in an Online Dating Profile

Science knows how to identify a liar (big hint: someone who keeps harping on his or her own honesty). So it makes sense, in our online-dating-filled modern lifestyle, that science would also figure out how to identify an online dater who is not being completely above board.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 14, 2012

Date My School Identifies the Nation's 'Hottest' Colleges

DateMySchool.com is a website founded in November 2010 by Columbia University MBA classmates, Balazs Aexa and Jean Meyer, to help college students meet both within and outside of their own schools.

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By Jen Doll

Feb 13, 2012

Old People Are Getting Better at Dating

Get this, America: old people are dating. They may, in fact, be better at dating than you are.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 6, 2012

Today in Research

Online Dating Is Not Scientific; Sugar Is Toxic

Discovered: Online dating is a crock, sugar is toxic, mapping the Milky Way and church as a weight loss management technique. 

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