* Battered women have more sons, study finds:
The controversial study claims abused women have
been pawns in a perverse evolutionary mechanism that
spread genes for violence in human populations.
http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/051029_abusefrm.htm
* Danger signs of relationship violence:
Frequent checking on a partner's whereabouts may be
a red flag for future abuse, researchers say.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051029_wherefrm.htm
* Report offers cancer-prevention "grocery list":
Broccoli sprouts, cabbage, ginkgo biloba and garlic
can help prevent various forms of cancer, research
suggests.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051029_cancerlistfrm.htm
* Global warming causing changes across the Arctic,
report says:
Indigenous people are sometimes noticing changes
that go unremarked by Western science, according to
the study.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051028_arcticfrm.htm
* How the brain tells time:
A structure deep in the brain may act like an
orchestra conductor to measure time intervals, two
researchers propose.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051028_braintimefrm.htm
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