Study measures mammalian growth spurt It takes 24 million generations for mouse-sized mammals to evolve into elephants - but shrinking back is much faster. ...
Volcanoes Caused Little Ice Age, Baffin Island Study Suggests First Posted: 01/31/2012 10:41 am Updated: 01/31/2012 10:41 am When the weather suddenly got...
I have traced the evolution of complex gene-environment cause and effect back to ligand-receptor binding in yeasts at the advent of sexual reproduction. The...
[COPY from NYT:] The Great Divorce Charles Murray's "Coming Apart" describes the most important cultural trends today and offers a better understanding of...
[COPY from NYT, pluss comments:] I Had Asperger Syndrome. Briefly. Asperger syndrome was the wrong diagnosis for me. I was really just an awkward teenager. ...
Blank Slate -for or against? When you say anti-blank slater is that a reference that you believe that we are born blank slates/tabula rasa or that we 'inherit'...
RAF, Absolutely, and this is why we need to be both diligent and cautious, to offset the current wave of "epigenetics mania" sweeping through the biological...
Edgar, Thanks! I no longer open Jim Kohl's posts for obvious reasons, so I was not aware of how low he's stooped. One of the personal changes I'm making...
... DWZ: Yes. That kind of analysis seems to me to be going in the right direction. Please do write more. The expression "cascade of causation" is a good one. ...
Good points, Jazi, but I suggest all of us "gene-centrists" begin using the term "genetically channeled" rather than "genetically programmed." I ran across...
Illegal immigration is certainly one of the factors. But many local businesspeople profit from it, for they don't pay taxes or SS with these employees. But the...
... This article copied with such lousy formatting that I am not even going to try to clean it up, as it will suffice. In this first quote, I am just trying to...
Extended synaptic development may explain our cognitive edge over other primates February 1st, 2012 in Genetics Over the first few years of life, human...
Imaging study shows how humor activates kids' brain regions February 1st, 2012 in Neuroscience For the first time, researchers have scanned the brains of...
Brain capacity limits exponential online data growth February 1st, 2012 in Physics / General Physics Scientists have found that the capacity of the human brain...
Study reveals new wrinkle in growing US health gap February 1st, 2012 in Health Most studies that have examined growing levels of health disparity in the...
First plants caused ice ages: research February 1st, 2012 in Space & Earth / Earth Sciences New research reveals how the arrival of the first plants 470...
Understanding basic concepts in spatial measurement February 1st, 2012 in Other Sciences / Social Sciences Enlarge To help prevent students from having...
Eating behavior influenced by dining partners February 1st, 2012 in Health Share a meal with someone and you are both likely to mimic each other's behavior and...
Warning of unrest, new study shows millions risk losing lands in Africa February 1st, 2012 in Other Sciences / Other New studies released in London today...
Where's the snow? Not in Lower 48; but elsewhere February 1st, 2012 in Space & Earth / Environment In this Feb. 2, 2011 file photo, hundreds of cars are seen...
Seeing really is believing February 1st, 2012 in Psychology & Psychiatry (Medical Xpress) -- Want to know why sports fans get so worked up when they think the...
RKS: Here is a point I made on the facebook Evolutionary Psychology list that may of some interest here: "Life emerges from chemical processes just like speed...
Circular RNAs more common than previously thought February 1st, 2012 in Biology / Cell & Microbiology In the classical model of gene expression, the genetic...
Here is what real commitment to your marriage means February 1st, 2012 in Psychology & Psychiatry What does being committed to your marriage really mean? UCLA...
The Enigmatic Membrane Despite years of research, the longstanding mystery of where the autophagosome gets its double lipid bilayers is not much clearer. By...
The guy is an obvious delusional fruitcake, but even worse he's seething with vicious hatred as well as are many in the Christian extremist crowd. Best, Edgar...
R.B. Sookias, R.J. Butler, R.B.J. Benson, 2012. Rise of dinosaurs reveals major body-size transitions are driven by passive processes of trait evolution. Proc....
