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[Slate] Snips, Snails, and Puppy Dog Tails
There's finally proof that boys do ruin schools for girls. http://www.slate.com/id/2173028/...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 1, 2007 6:31 pm
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Older men seducing younger women drove human life span?
http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0000785 Actual title is: Why Men Matter: Mating Patterns Drive...
Richard Sharpe
richardsharpe1
Sep 2, 2007 9:53 pm
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[Nature News] First 'tall gene' found
Genetic variant can add nearly a centimetre to your stature. http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070827/full/070827-8.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 3, 2007 8:32 am
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[Times UK] Fate of a couple is sealed with first kiss
It is a moment of high anxiety in any romantic relationship. But now researchers have found that the first kiss may be even more important than anyone...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 3, 2007 8:38 am
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[NYT] Starting Over
What would happen if earth's most invasive species — humans — were wiped out? http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/books/review/Schuessler-t.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 3, 2007 8:45 am
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[Reuters] Psychiatrists least religious of U.S. doctors
Thirty-nine percent of all the doctors were Protestants and 22 percent were Catholics, while 27 percent of psychiatrists were Protestants and 10 percent were...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 3, 2007 8:47 am
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[SMH] IQ at five foretells earning potential
IQ tests on five-year-olds could predict whether they would complete high school and go on to university. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 3, 2007 8:53 am
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[Nature News] All about Craig: the first 'full' genome sequence
Revealing that the genetic pioneer has wet earwax, and more... http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070903/full/449006a.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 4, 2007 7:59 am
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[New Sci News] Human exodus from Africa helped by wetter weather
Sediment cores from Lake Malawi reveal severe droughts that ended 70,000 years ago – around the same time early modern humans left the continent ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 4, 2007 7:59 am
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[AP] Study: Humans' DNA not quite so similar
People are less alike than scientists had thought when it comes to the billions of building blocks that make up each individual's DNA, according to a new...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 4, 2007 8:02 am
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[Telegraph UK] Animal evolution, Greg Clark, and humans
Animal evolution does not always give us pointers about ourselves, says Steve Jones ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 4, 2007 8:18 am
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[BBC] Livestock breeds face 'meltdown'
Many of the world's rare species of livestock face extinction unless conservation measures are taken now, a group of researchers has warned. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 4, 2007 8:18 am
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[Telegraph UK] Industrial Revolution: Survival of the richest
A British economist is causing controversy with his new interpretation of what triggered the Industrial Revolution, writes Roger Highfield ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 5, 2007 5:16 am
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[WaPo] Persistence of Myths Could Alter Public Policy Approach
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a flier to combat myths about the flu vaccine. It recited various commonly held views...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 5, 2007 5:17 am
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[Boston Globe] Genetic link eyed in dogs' troubled ways
All summer, Dr. Nicholas Dodman, head of the animal behavior clinic at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, has been in doggie...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 5, 2007 5:18 am
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[NYT] Heirs to a Rare Legacy in New Mexico
Genealogy often holds the key to understanding the origin of serious diseases in those with a Hispanic heritage. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 5, 2007 5:20 am
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[BBC] Gene 'controls body fat levels'
A single gene can keep in check the tendency to pile on fat, scientists have shown. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6977423.stm...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 5, 2007 5:21 am
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[NPR] Scientists Hope to Create Human-Animal Embryo
British regulators decided Wednesday to allow, at least in principle, the creation of hybrid human-animal embryos for research into degenerative diseases. The...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 6, 2007 5:30 am
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[Nature News] Schizophrenia genes 'favoured by evolution'
Sequences linked to brain disorder show hallmarks of natural selection. http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070903/full/070903-6.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 6, 2007 6:51 am
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[Telegraph UK] Third of couples face being infertile
More than one in three couples have problems conceiving, reports a survey published today. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 6, 2007 6:57 am
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[LAT] Pig study sheds light on ancient humans
DNA research reveals that farmers, not just farming practices, moved in two great migration routes west across Europe. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 6, 2007 7:07 am
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[AP] Tots more socially cognitive than apes
Toddlers may act up like little apes, but researchers who compared the species concluded a 2-year-old child still has the more sophisticated social learning...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 7, 2007 2:46 am
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[Atlantic] Survival of the Kindest
Olivia Judson, author of "The Selfless Gene," discusses the evolutionary roots of altruism and fellow feeling ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 7, 2007 5:49 am
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[Nat Geo News] New "Mini" Dinosaur a Step in Bird Evolution Path
Fossils of a tiny 80-million-year-old feathered dino add to the theory that massive meat-eaters gave rise to today's birds, a new study says. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 7, 2007 5:51 am
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[Reuters] Depression more damaging than some chronic illnesses
Depression is more damaging to everyday health than chronic diseases such as angina, arthritis, asthma and diabetes, researchers said on Friday. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 7, 2007 5:56 am
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[WSJ] Scholars Link Success of Firms To Lives of CEOs
A Family Death Hurts, Studies Say, as Does Buying a Mansion http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118839767564312197.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 7, 2007 5:59 am
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[Slate] Do We Need the Original Lucy Fossil?
There are casts of it all over the world ... http://www.slate.com/id/2173463/...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 9, 2007 9:03 pm
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[Nature News] The gene that makes your mouth water
Ability to digest starch could have spurred human evolution. http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070903/full/070903-21.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 9, 2007 9:03 pm
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[New Sci News] Political affiliation could be all in the brain
A brain scan might one day predict your voting patterns – that is the implication of a study that found different brain activity among liberals and...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 9, 2007 9:04 pm
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[Times UK] Bible belter
Richard Dawkins reviews Christopher Hitchens GOD IS NOT GREAT http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25349-2649121,00.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Sep 9, 2007 9:05 pm