
Internet Addiction and the Brain: What the 2012 Imaging Studies Showed
In 2012, Chinese researchers using diffusion tensor imaging reported white-matter abnormalities in internet addicts resembling those seen in drug addicts.
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In 2012, Chinese researchers using diffusion tensor imaging reported white-matter abnormalities in internet addicts resembling those seen in drug addicts.

After Jane Pitt's anti-Obama letter went national in July 2012, the vicious online backlash reportedly left Brad Pitt's mother shaken and fearful.

In July 2012, reports said Facebook would launch a job-postings board aggregating listings from BranchOut, Jobvite, and Work4 Labs — a light step into

In July 2012, video circulated of Najiba, a 22-year-old Afghan woman in Parwan province, being publicly shot by a gunman as a crowd of men looked on.

The July 2012 heat wave pushed Chicago-area heat-related deaths in Cook County to 18 — surpassing the previous year's total in a matter of days.

In July 2012, Vanity Fair detailed Mitt Romney's offshore holdings — Swiss and Cayman accounts — and the $100-million question of his enormous IRA.

Interrogators reported that Abu Jundal said 12 terrorists — not 10 — were trained at LeT camps for the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, with two dropping out before

A response to Ramachandra Guha's 2012 thesis: India's democracy and capitalism were shaped — and constrained — by two families, the Gandhis and the Ambanis.

Apple paid $60 million in July 2012 to settle with Shenzhen Proview over the iPad trademark in China, clearing the way to sell the tablet in a key market.
Why US road-accident victims can win life-changing damages while India's Motor Accident Claims Tribunals award far less — and what the road toll costs families.

In July 2012, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper confirmed in an email to Andrew Sullivan that he is gay — 'always have been, always will be' — ending years of

Pew's June 2012 report The Rise of Asian Americans: in 2011, 36% of new US immigrants came from Asia versus 31% from Latin America — a historic shift.

The Aakash, India's $35-40 tablet from DataWind and the government, promised to bridge the digital divide for students — but the shipped device fell far short.

Nora Ephron, the writer-director of When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, and Julie and Julia, died June 26, 2012, at 71. An obituary.

Charantoor Kultar Singh, a 22-year-old Liverpool John Moores student, pleaded guilty in 2012 to unauthorized computer access after a Police e-Crime Unit arrest.

The death of a Cognizant employee in a US hotel room spotlighted the isolation and duty-of-care questions facing Indian IT workers on long overseas assignments.

Critics argued Google's ad design profited from accidental mobile taps; Google pointed to its invalid-click filters. The debate over who audits the metrics.

In Herat, Afghanistan, farmers swapped opium poppies for saffron — the world's priciest spice — at the cost of Taliban threats and kidnappings.

Research keeps finding the same thing: kids of emotionally engaged dads do better on nearly every measure. Being present isn't enough — being there is.

From McKinsey chief to convicted insider trader: how Rajat Gupta's tips to Raj Rajaratnam ended an exemplary career — and a two-year prison sentence.