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[New Yorker] Open Secrets
Enron, intelligence, and the perils of too much information. by Malcolm Gladwell http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/070108fa_fact...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 1, 2007 2:00 pm
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[AP] Down syndrome test urged for all pregnancies
New screening guideline drops over-35 rule for pregnant women http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16419323/...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 1, 2007 2:01 pm
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[Reuters] Gene-engineered cows resist mad cow disease
U.S. and Japanese scientists reported on Sunday that they had used genetic engineering to produce cattle that resist mad cow disease. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 1, 2007 2:07 pm
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[Reason] Who Owns Your Organs?
So You Can't Sell Your Kidneys. Can You Give Them Away? http://www.reason.com/news/show/117539.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 1, 2007 2:47 pm
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[Guardian] The 'untouchables' of US science
When George Bush banned funding he effectively put researchers into quarantine http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1979637,00.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 2, 2007 1:01 pm
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[Edge] What Are You Optimistic about? Why?
Let's see. . . http://edge.org/q2007/q07_index.html Dennett and Dawkins think religion will soon be extinct. (many others make similar 'new enlightenment'...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 2, 2007 1:10 pm
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[NYT] Free Will: Now You Have It, Now You DonÂ’t
Experiments suggest that the conscious choice is an illusion, but some philosophers and physicists choose to disagree. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 2, 2007 1:10 pm
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[BBC] Scan shows how brains plot future
Brain scans have given US scientists a clue about how we create a mental image of our own future. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6216913.stm...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 2, 2007 1:19 pm
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[Salon] Seeing the light -- of science
Ronald Numbers -- a former Seventh-day Adventist and author of the definitive history of creationism -- discusses his break with the church, whether...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 2, 2007 1:23 pm
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[WaPo] When the Brain Stalls at Disjunction Junction
The disjunction effect describes the curious phenomenon in which people desperately seek information they do not actually need. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 3, 2007 3:21 pm
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[NYT] A Surprising Secret to a Long Life: Stay in School
Education is the one factor that researchers agree is consistently linked to longer lives in all countries. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 3, 2007 3:22 pm
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[BBC] Daughters linked to prostate risk
Men who father daughters, not sons, may be at a greater risk of developing prostate cancer, researchers have said. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 3, 2007 3:27 pm
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[USN&WR] Unraveling Your DNA's Secrets
Do-it-yourself genetic tests promise to reveal your risk of coming down with a disease. But do they really deliver? ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 3, 2007 3:28 pm
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[WaPo] Are You Really Ready To Clean Up Your Act?
We're killing ourselves, and we know it. And yet we carry on -- overeating, lighting up, slumping in front of the television and throwing back another beer --...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 3, 2007 6:10 pm
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[AFP] China's people getting taller, heavier
Chinese children are an average 6 cm (2.34 inches) taller and roughly 3 kg (6.6 pounds) heavier than they were 30 years ago, Xinhua news agency said, citing a...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 4, 2007 2:01 pm
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[WSJ] How Much Does A Neighborhood Affect the Poor?
Government Test Tracks Families Who Moved; Girls Flourish, Not Boys http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB116727318376761110-lMyQjAxMDE2NjI3ODIyNzgz\ Wj.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 4, 2007 2:01 pm
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[Nature News] Boost in mystery muscle creates endurance mice
Rare muscle fibres could improve sporting prowess. http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070101/full/070101-1.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 4, 2007 3:32 pm
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[AFP] Archaeologist finds traces of "humanity's first war" in Syria
A German archaeologist says he has found relics of "humanity's first war" in the northeast of Syria in the form of clay balls used as ammunition almost 6,000...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 4, 2007 3:41 pm
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[New Sci News] The DNA so dangerous it does not exist
Could there be forbidden sequences in the genome - ones so harmful that they are not compatible with life? ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 4, 2007 3:43 pm
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[LAT] Dawkins: Saddam should have been studied, not executed
"Sparing Hussein and studying his makeup could have provided valuable research" ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 5, 2007 3:58 pm
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[BBC] Hybrid embryo work 'under threat'
UK scientists planning to mix human and animal cells in order to research cures for degenerative diseases fear their work will be halted. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 5, 2007 4:01 pm
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[Smithsonian] Tattoos
The Ancient and Mysterious History http://www.smithsonianmagazine.com/issues/2007/january/tattoo.php...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 5, 2007 4:04 pm
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[Nature News] Did worldwide drought wipe out ancient cultures?
Monsoon records link demise of the Tang in China and Maya in Mexico. http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070101/full/070101-2.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 5, 2007 4:11 pm
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[Reuters] Boosting intelligence among poor is child's play
Giving pre-school children toys to play with boosts their mental development even if they suffer from malnutrition, a report said on Friday. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 5, 2007 4:19 pm
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[New Sci News] Don't pair up with matching genes
They say opposites attract – and a couple's differences may truly be key to lasting happiness, a new genetic study suggests ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 6, 2007 6:38 pm
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[Foreign Policy] Why Hawks Win
Why are hawks so influential? The answer may lie deep in the human mind. People have dozens of decision-making biases, and almost all favor conflict rather...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 6, 2007 6:40 pm
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[AP] Europeans get incentives for having babies
When her water broke early on New Year's Eve, Julia Gotschlich was mainly thinking about the imminent birth of her second child. But she couldn't help worrying...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 6, 2007 6:42 pm
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[Telegraph UK] The gene to create a perfect lawn
Scientists have identified a gene which could be used by plant breeders to make lawns stay green during droughts. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 6, 2007 6:47 pm
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[Wired] The Righteous Fury of Dick Pound
As head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, this man is on a crusade to rid elite sports of performance-enhancing drugs. And he's making a few enemies along the...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Jan 6, 2007 6:48 pm
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The thin gene: Breakthrough links bulimia to testosterone
Published: 07 January 2007 Bulimia may be caused by hormones, according to new research, which suggests that up to a third of women suffering from the...
theresamcgill
Jan 7, 2007 9:27 am