NICOLE MILLER/Daily Bruin A computer program named Truman lectured before Dario Nardi’s PIC class Wednesday, demonstrating the abilities of artificial intelligence. By Jessica Chung Daily Bruin Contributor Mixing the three laws of robotics with “knock knock” and “your momma” jokes, Truman is not your everyday computer programming lecturer ““ instead, it’s a computer program with artificial intelligence. Read more...

Student endures 171 piercings OMAHA, Neb. “”mdash; On Friday, 21-year-old Matt Brown received a few sharp sticks ““ 171 to be exact, to try to achieve a new world record for the most piercings in a single sitting, according to the University of Nebraska, Omaha’s The Gateway. Read more...

By Crystal Betz Daily Bruin Contributor For 7,800 high school students who took the SAT I and II on Oct. 13, their tests remain stuck in post offices in Trenton and Princeton, N.J., and as a result, they may have to apply to colleges before receiving their scores. Read more...

Click on the infographic to see a larger version By Audrey Crummey Daily Bruin Contributor Though certain areas of L.A. County are growing more diverse, segregation is increasing at a faster rate than integration, researchers say. Read more...

UCLA adoption project awarded The United States Department of Health and Human Services has awarded UCLA’s Training, Intervention, Education and Services for Adoption Project with the Adoption Excellence Award in the category of Support for Adoptive Families. Read more...

  Courtesy of UCLA Media Relations Physics professor John Dawson died Nov. 17. He was a "true humanitarian" who believed science was most noble, one colleague said. Read more...

By Teri H.P. Nguyen Daily Bruin Contributor If the terrorists attacks of Sept. 11 provided the final tug, pulling the already-floundering national economy into an economic mud pit, then questions remain as to whether Los Angeles has also fallen. Read more...