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[Nature News] HIV has been infecting humans for a century
48-year-old lymph node biopsy reveals the history of the deadly virus. http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081001/full/news.2008.1143.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 2, 2008 3:00 am
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[WaPo] Heart Patients Should Be Screened for Depression
Heart patients should be regularly screened for signs of depression, the American Heart Association recommended Monday. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 2, 2008 3:02 am
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[Telegraph UK] Children who spend time with their fathers have a hig
Children who spend large amounts of time with their fathers have higher IQs, according to a new study. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 2, 2008 3:05 am
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[Reuters] Cichlid fish vision change helped species diverge
Some colorful cichlid fish in Africa's Lake Victoria formed a new species by adapting their vision, showing that geographical isolation is not essential for...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 2, 2008 3:06 am
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[NPR] Think You're Multitasking? Think Again
Don't believe the multitasking hype, scientists say. New research shows that we humans aren't as good as we think we are at doing several things at once. But...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 3, 2008 12:29 pm
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[Discovery News] Insecure Minds Wired for Pattern-Finding
A perfectly healthy human mind can trick itself into seeing things that are not there, and new research has exposed exactly the sort of conditions under which...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 3, 2008 12:30 pm
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[Reason] Why Opting Out Is No "Third Way"
The perplexing banality of "libertarian paternalism" http://www.reason.com/news/show/128916.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 3, 2008 12:31 pm
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[Nature News] Female birds sacrifice health to create more colourful
Bright blue eggs keep males keen on fatherhood http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081002/full/news.2008.1146.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 3, 2008 12:34 pm
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[New Sci News] Daughters thrive on mother's pride
If you feel your life is out of control and you can't change it, it might be your mum's low expectations that are to blame – if you're a woman ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 3, 2008 12:35 pm
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[Telegraph UK] People who believe in God are more helpful
People who believe in God tend to be more helpful, honest and generous individuals, new research suggests. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 4, 2008 7:31 am
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[Nat Geo News] Male Songbirds Are High on Love
Singing to females lights up reward centers in male zebra finches' brains, a new study shows. The effect possibly "addicts" the birds to courtship ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 5, 2008 4:54 am
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[Times UK] Why does music so often divide the sexes?
Men are into Marr, women prefer Amos - but why does music so often divide the sexes? ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 5, 2008 4:59 am
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[BBC] New twist in brain obesity riddle
The discovery of another way in which the body appears to control how much it eats could shed fresh light on obesity. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 5, 2008 5:00 am
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[New Sci News] Nerds rejoice: Braininess boosts likelihood of sex
Women looking for both short- and long-term relationships go for geniuses over dunces, according to a new study ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 5, 2008 5:01 am
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[Economist] O death, when is thy sting?
Some bioethicists reckon that the definition of death is starting to embrace the living. Indeed, some reckon that it should ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 5, 2008 5:04 am
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[Reuters] More U.S. than European kids take mental health meds
US children are substantially more likely to be prescribed drugs for mental conditions than their peers in the Netherlands and Germany, new research shows. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 6, 2008 11:30 am
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[Times UK] Autism genes can add up to genius
Intellectual gifts and certain brain disorders are closely related http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4882699.ece...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 6, 2008 11:31 am
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[New Sci News] Crick was right about 'vision filter' in the brain
In 1984, Francis Crick suggested that a simple brain structure may help remove unwanted visual information – now research backs up the theory ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 6, 2008 11:29 pm
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[NYT] Citizen Enforcers Take Aim
The urge to punish is more than Wall Street loathing: it's based in instincts that have had a protective effect on communities throughout human history. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 7, 2008 12:42 pm
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[Nature News] Blood test for Down's syndrome unveiled
Genetic technology used to comb mother's blood for fetal DNA. http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081006/full/news.2008.1152.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 7, 2008 12:45 pm
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[Sci Am News] Hypnosis, Memory and the Brain
A new study points to specific areas of the brain affected by hypnosis. The technique could be a tool for exploring what happens in the brain when we suddenly...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 7, 2008 12:49 pm
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[Reuters] DNA fingerprinting could reveal your surname
Police could one day predict the surname of male suspects or victims of crime from DNA alone, British researchers said on Wednesday. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 8, 2008 6:08 pm
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[Guardian] Fertile women raise their voice pitch
Recordings of women taken at different times in their monthly cycle show that the female voice rises perceptibly a day or two before ovulation, when women are...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 8, 2008 6:12 pm
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[NYT] Are Bad Times Healthy?
Most people are worried about the health of the economy. But does the economy also affect your health? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/health/07well.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 8, 2008 6:13 pm
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[BBC] Premature ejaculation gene found
Men who suffer from premature ejaculation may be able to blame their genes, work suggests. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7657092.stm...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 8, 2008 6:18 pm
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[SMH] Blues are killing your grey matter
Depression is toxic to the brain and reduces grey-matter volume in several key regions, scientists have established for the first time in a three-year...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 8, 2008 9:56 pm
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[Reuters] Scripps to study lifestyle impact of gene testing
San Diego's Scripps Translational Science Institute said on Thursday it will conduct the first study to assess whether people undergoing genetic testing...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 9, 2008 5:02 pm
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[Sci Am] Q&A with Neuroscientist Eric Kandel
MIND interviews the Nobel laureate about Freud's legacy, memory's foibles and the potential of drugs that boost brainpower ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 9, 2008 5:11 pm
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[New Sci News] Do intelligent men have better sperm?
Men are often said to think not with their brains, but with another body part between their legs. We might be castigated for this, but according to new...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 9, 2008 5:16 pm
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[Nat Geo News] Malaria Parasites Use "Cloaking Devices" to Trick Bod
The parasites make themselves invisible to the human immune system via elaborate molecular "disguises," two new studies reveal ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Oct 9, 2008 5:17 pm