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...team led by cognitive scientist Josef Topál of the Research Institute for Psychology in Hungary recently ran an experiment to study how 10-month-old babies pay attention to people. The scientists put a toy under one of two cups and then let the children choose which cup to pick up. The children, of course, picked the right cup--no surprise since they saw the toy being hidden. Topál and his colleagues repeated the trial several times, always hiding the toy under the same cup, until finally they hid it under the other one. Despite the evidence...
...halt, and when Whitfield arrived at his cubicle on Jan. 20, he found an e-mail from management announcing layoffs. He looked around and saw people leaving, carrying boxes. Then his boss called him into the conference room. "Basically it was, 'Sorry, we're going to have to let you go due to sales,'" says Whitfield, 40. He returned to his cubicle with a packet of information about his severance benefits. He dropped it on his desk. He stared at his computer for a few minutes. "Then I just got up and left," he says. . (See pictures of people...
...what it's doing to our health and environment. This issue is a huge elephant in a room where everyone's wearing a blindfold. Movies like Food, Inc. never reached mainstream theaters, and only those who really care are reading Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser. Please don't let this issue go. Too many people are oblivious, and until they become informed and horrified, nothing will really change. Jeanne Knight, TYNGSBORO, MASS...
...across the country and recruit, more than Division III,” Walsh said. “So if we go places and see people who would be a good fit for MIT, we let them know...
...great win. David Mangham played really well but got unlucky against Katsarov. The team looks strong even though the entire team wasn’t here.” The Harvard men’s tennis team was without two top freshmen due to injury, which let several other players on the roster to take part in the Classic. It allowed the Crimson to assess their depth and figure out which players could play major roles this year. “It was a beautiful weekend, and the guys got a good chance to cut their teeth against the best...