A series of tests conducted by Jeremy Bailenson, an assistant professor of communication at Stanford University, suggests that images seen in a computerized environment can have a lasting impact on the viewer.
More...Study: Virtual avatars affect real world decisions
Source: The Daily Nebraskan
U. Minn receives $65 million gift for cancer research
Source: Minnesota Daily
The University announced Thursday that it has received a $65 million gift from Minnesota Masonic Charities for cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
More...Column: Crap reignites continuing debate over origin
Source: The Daily Emerald
Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis provides the basis for the team to make claims that the pile of poo is the oldest DNA evidence found in the “New World,” and that its genetic path leads back to Siberia or Asia.
More...Human DNA found in 14,000 year-old feces
Source: Oregon Daily Emerald
U. Oregon archaeologist Dennis Jenkins has heard all the poop jokes he could imagine. He and a team of international researchers, who uncovered and identified samples of human feces that date to more than 14,000 years ago - older than any human DNA previously found in the Americas.
More...Column: What Earth’s first black hole means for you
Source: The Dartmouth
It’s the end of the world as we know it. Unlikely? Sure. Improbable? Yes. But according to two researchers in Hawaii who are suing CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in United States federal court, Judgment Day may be right around the corner - the product of a man-made mini-black hole.
More...UC-Berkeley research: Octopus couples ‘hold hands’
Source: The Daily Californian
While humans might enjoy holding hands on dates, University of California at Berkeley scientists have found that octopi do the same — with their tentacles.
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