Couples spend more than £200 extra per month & other research news via twitter

This week’s list of informative, controversial & socially interactive research posts via twitter – collected between March 1 & 9, 2014. From research comparing spending of couples versus singles, to findings indicating that only 10% of the average 43,000 Students enrolled in Massive Online Courses,  actually persist to completion. Please share your recommendation (s) with us, did we miss something you would add?

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Research says being part of a couple costs you more than £200 extra per month http://t.co/2mnh0cvwmY

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) March 7, 2014

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From #crowdfunding 2 open access, #startups are experimenting with academic #research http://t.co/FMZFIP3riA… #entrepreneur — Jose Roda (@JustJRoda) March 9, 2014

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#Research ▪ Well: The Perils of Toughing It Out: Untreated or inadequately treated pain is disabling and can h… http://t.co/qs5BVH2DUU — Kazi Australia™ (@Kazi_Australia) March 3, 2014

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#Research ▪ Suicidal Tendencies Are Evident Before Deployment, Study Finds: The effort to study soldiers began… http://t.co/hAholaGTcC

— Kazi Media USA™ (@Kazi_USA) March 4, 2014

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Study: Massive Online Courses Enroll An Average Of 43,000 Students, 10% Completion #research #mooc http://t.co/JgMXSWvMRz via @techcrunch

— Martin Ebner (@mebner) March 4, 2014

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Hey tweeps, stay creative! Browse 18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently: http://t.co/O5CrlGYAk9 #Research is #creative! — Springer SBM (@SpringerSBM) March 5, 2014

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What’s behind lower college graduation rates for Latino students? @NPRCodeSwitch examines the #research #edchat http://t.co/aR5ZLPk9bb — Tina Barseghian (@MindShiftKQED) March 6, 2014

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Social media research raises privacy and ethics issues http://t.co/InWjp1woVF #BigData

— Manish Bhatt (@imbigdata) March 9, 2014

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Research says being part of a couple costs you more than £200 extra per month http://t.co/2mnh0cvwmY

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) March 7, 2014

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New study: Companies do not know who is next in line to fill senior executive positions http://t.co/jU9i99yJhJ pic.twitter.com/4LpCrO0YXV

— Stanford Business (@StanfordBiz) March 7, 2014

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Research warns that passive smoking ‘dramatically increases’ the risk of miscarriage and stillbirth http://t.co/a4mgJYDc6S

— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) March 4, 2014