Distant prayers do not help people recovering from heart surgery and could even cause them more health problems, according to the results of a large and...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 1, 2006 6:25 pm
As the U.S. government debates major immigration reform, environmentalists warn that the proposed laws would also prevent animal migrants from crossing the...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 1, 2006 6:27 pm
A psychology student has begun searching for 300 canine volunteers to take part in a study of how dogs communicate. ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 1, 2006 6:29 pm
A Texas company, Viagen, announced the succesful birth of a cloned commercial horse, and say seven more are on their way. ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 1, 2006 6:33 pm
The chemical warning signals produced by fear improve cognitive performance, according to a study at Rice University in Houston. Women who were exposed to...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 2, 2006 3:41 pm
Thirty years ago, Richard Dawkins published his groundbreaking book The Selfish Gene. Ian McEwan argues that it is part of a long history of literary science...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 2, 2006 3:41 pm
By implanting electrodes in the brains of patients, doctors seem to have successfully reversed some severe depressions — and provided a new way of thinking...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 2, 2006 3:45 pm
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg , Joshua W. Buckholtz , Bhaskar Kolachana , Ahmad R. Hariri, Lukas Pezawas , Giuseppe Blasi, Ashley Wabnitz , ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 2, 2006 9:08 pm
Sometimes disruptive but often sophisticated questioning of evolution by students has educators increasingly on the defensive. ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 2, 2006 10:27 pm
Maine's governor has signed a bill that allows animals to be included in protection orders in domestic violence cases. ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 3, 2006 8:04 pm
The unusual behavior of orangutans in a Sumatran swamp suggests a surprising answer ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 3, 2006 10:01 pm
"The social consequences of polygamy are bigger than you think" http://www.reason.com/rauch/040306.shtml...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 4, 2006 7:00 pm
Digging for fossils is for dinosaurs. Today's animal trackers are using genomics to reconstruct - and one day resurrect - the original hot-blooded beast. By...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 4, 2006 7:23 pm
University professors denounced for anti-Americanism; schoolteachers suspended for their politics; students encouraged to report on their tutors. Are US...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 4, 2006 9:11 pm
AUSTIN, Texas -- Talk radio and blogs are taking aim at a University of Texas biology professor because of a published report suggesting he advocates death for...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 5, 2006 2:30 am
When Stephen Yanoviak visited the jungles of Panama in 1998 to study how ants forage, he found himself with some unexpected downtime. ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 5, 2006 2:30 am
Researchers are beginning to identify why one person's spontaneity is another's descent into self-destruction. ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 5, 2006 11:57 pm
It is ludicrous to suggest that promoting Darwinism helps the intelligent design lobby, says Daniel Dennett ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 6, 2006 12:20 am
How Malcolm Gladwell connects psychology to everything http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=1954...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 6, 2006 5:54 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Premature babies can actually feel pain and are not just displaying a reflex reaction to a stimulus, a team of doctors and scientists said...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 6, 2006 8:08 am
Noting the role of the Royal Air Force in saving his country during the Battle of Britain, Winston Churchill observed that never had so many owed so much to so...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 6, 2006 11:13 am
SALT LAKE CITY -- Fossils discovered in southern Utah are from a new species of birdlike dinosaur that resembled a 7-foot-tall brightly colored turkey and...
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Richard Sharpe
richardsharpe1
Apr 6, 2006 6:18 pm
John Hawks talks about a paper that actually provides measures of male-male competition among Mandrills ... http://johnhawks.net/weblog/reviews/life_history/ ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 7, 2006 11:04 am
As women's financial independence has increased, it seems their preferences in men have changed, with looks gaining in importance ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 7, 2006 11:04 am
Fast language learners have more white matter and less symmetrical brains, a new scanning study has revealed. ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 7, 2006 11:09 am
Scientists have for the first time demonstrated how a progression of small changes in existing parts created a new piece of molecular machinery. ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 7, 2006 11:09 am
An experiment by a team of German economists helps explain why a system of punishment is important to the survival of human communities. ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 7, 2006 11:13 am
Ants come in all sizes, from smaller than a grain of sand to larger than a thumb. Now, by rebuilding the ant family tree, researchers have discovered that the...
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Matt McIntosh
clockwork_da...
Apr 7, 2006 3:22 pm
A team led by physicists at the University of California, San Diego has shown the feasibility of a fast, inexpensive technique to sequence DNA as it passes...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Apr 8, 2006 10:47 am
A few lazy rats are getting away with doing practically nothing while others do all the work. And no, this has nothing to do with what goes on in your office. ...
