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- 'The robot made me do it': Robots encourage risk-taking behavior in people
- Water on Mars not as widespread as previously thought
- Exoplanet around distant star resembles reputed 'Planet Nine' in our solar system
- Researcher adds to timeline of human evolution by studying an island fox
| 'The robot made me do it': Robots encourage risk-taking behavior in people Posted: 11 Dec 2020 07:06 AM PST New research has shown robots can encourage humans to take greater risks in a simulated gambling scenario than they would if there was nothing to influence their behaviors. Increasing our understanding of whether robots can affect risk-taking could have clear ethical, practical and policy implications, which this study set out to explore. |
| Water on Mars not as widespread as previously thought Posted: 11 Dec 2020 05:30 AM PST Scientists created planetwide maps of where water might be found on Mars. It is probably scarcer than previously thought, they concluded. |
| Exoplanet around distant star resembles reputed 'Planet Nine' in our solar system Posted: 10 Dec 2020 11:57 AM PST Astronomers think planets can exist in orbits far from their star, and propose a two-step process: interactions with the star or inner planets kick it out of the inner system, and then a passing star stabilizes the orbit to keep it bound. Such a scenario could explain the hypothesized 'Planet Nine' in our solar system. Astronomers has now confirmed that one binary star system, HD 106906, has a planet in a bound, highly eccentric orbit. |
| Researcher adds to timeline of human evolution by studying an island fox Posted: 09 Dec 2020 02:06 PM PST Nearly two decades ago, a small-bodied 'human-like' fossil, Homo floresiensis, was discovered on an island in Indonesia. Some scientists have credited the find, now nicknamed 'Hobbit,' as representative of a human ancestor who developed dwarfed features after living on the island, while others suggest it represents a modern human suffering from some type of disease because of its distinct human-like face and small brain. |
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