Cough up, lizard brain

Article Abstract:

Research conducted by Harvard University to study factors that affect people's generosity was guided through the experiment by Kismet, a robot with no human features except eyes. Kismet was disguised as a kind of 'Clippy', the Microsoft assistant, which appears on the computer screen and it was found that the variable that affected humans the most include images shaped like human eyes as they helped facilitate human connection.

Design and construction, Robots, Generosity, Robot

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Brain check

Article Abstract:

Scientists are mapping the pathways that link emotion to health and the challenge for rest is to put the discoveries to work. The brain as the source of such states offers a potential gateway to countless other tissues and organs from the heart and blood vessels to the gut and the immune system.

Brain research, Immune system

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The hunt for gravity waves, predicted in Einstein's theory of relativity nearly a century ago, is not over

Article Abstract:

The unsuccessful attempt at detection of gravity waves is discussed. A detector built out of heavy block of supercooled metal was used for the experiment.

College teachers, College faculty, Interview, Blair, David, Relativity (Physics)

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