Just be nice to others to make the world full of kind people
London, September 20 (ANI): Spreading altruism through social networks can make people across the world kind to one another, says an expert.
Nicholas Christakis, of Harvard Medical School in Boston, has observed in a study that one’s kindness can turn a friend kind to someone else he/she knows.
To demonstrate this, Christakis designed a cooperation game [...]
Virtual world avatars provide clues to how trends spread
Washington, July 3 (ANI): University of Michigan researchers in the US are analysing information regarding the virtual world Second Life avatars to study how trends or “gestures” spread across this online community.
The researchers describe gestures as code snippets that Second Life avatars must acquire in order to make motions such as dancing, waving or [...]
Summer jobs help prevent suicidal tendencies in at-risk teens
Washington, Mar 26 (ANI): A new study from University of Iowa has found that summer jobs can significantly reduce suicidal behaviour in at-risk teens – as it creates self-esteem.
According to Rob Baller, associate professor of sociology in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts [...]



