Goodall, who is set to receive the Leakey Prize, is focusing on humanitarian efforts. She says chimps in Africa can't be protected unless people's living...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 1, 2008 2:14 pm
New research suggests that our basic political attitudes - liberal, conservative, or otherwise - are with us at birth. What does this mean for our democracy? ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 1, 2008 2:19 pm
Why do so many evangelical teen-agers become pregnant? http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/03/081103fa_fact_talbot...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 1, 2008 2:20 pm
Scientists chart course for studies of humans' closest relatives. http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081031/full/news.2008.1198.html...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 2, 2008 1:22 pm
Telling people if their neighbors had voted in a previous election and letting them know they would be similarly informed about current election, boosts...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 2, 2008 1:27 pm
According to a new study, the inability to judge a ball "out" is actually embedded in the mechanisms of the human brain. Guest host Alison Stewart speaks with...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 2, 2008 1:38 pm
Dogs are the only animals that can read emotion in faces much like humans, cementing their position as man's best friend, claim scientists ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 2, 2008 11:58 pm
Many British couples are choosing the sex of their babies at clinics abroad, which often offer the procedure illegally, the BBC has learned ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 4, 2008 1:47 am
Wash your hands, folks, especially you ladies. A new study found that women have a greater variety of bacteria on their hands than men do. And everybody has...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 4, 2008 1:50 am
Language has many layers of meaning. When and how do we grasp them? http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=are-we-hardwired-with-a-sense...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 4, 2008 1:55 am
A behavioural test suggests that left-handed people are more prone to anxiety and inhibition than right-handers ...
5207
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 4, 2008 1:56 am
A team of Japanese geneticists has successfully created healthy clones of long-dead mice. The technique could someday be used to bring back extinct animals...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 4, 2008 1:57 am
Scientists say they may have found why people with schizophrenia have abnormal electrical waves in their brains. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7693850.stm...
5209
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 4, 2008 3:35 pm
Do conservatives have more fun? Should liberals start describing themselves as humor-challenged? Scientists try to find out. ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 4, 2008 6:27 pm
Children who live in the U.S. Northwest's wettest counties are more likely to have autism, but it is unclear why, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday. ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 5, 2008 2:43 am
David Barash: You might be surprised by what's in charge of your body http://chronicle.com/temp/reprint.php?id=4f3dh42qjwzwp984rkqm8jhtl7y33957...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 5, 2008 2:44 am
The search for the roots of psychopathy http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/10/081110fa_fact_seabrook...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 6, 2008 3:58 pm
Language, according to the American neurobiologist William Calvin, is "the defining feature of human intelligence". ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 6, 2008 4:05 pm
Scientists have tried to get a handle on how people make voting decisions, but predicting voter behavior is still extremely difficult. ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 6, 2008 5:47 pm
Past speculation about the specialised brain cells may have been confused by activity in other nearby neurons ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 6, 2008 5:50 pm
When scientists opened up the human genome, they expected to find the genetic components of common traits and diseases. But they were nowhere to be seen....
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 7, 2008 7:49 pm
Chickens, pigs, and cattle scored more wiggle room in a new law passed Tuesday in California. But farmers are crying foul, saying the legislation would cripple...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 7, 2008 7:49 pm
A neuroanthropologist explains what Colombian teenagers can teach neuroscientists about addiction http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=getting-hooked-on-sin...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 7, 2008 7:50 pm
Can underprivileged outsiders have an advantage? http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/10/081110fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 7, 2008 7:57 pm
Bullies' brains may be hardwired to have sadistic tendencies, US imaging research suggests. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7714072.stm...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 7, 2008 7:59 pm
Pope Benedict condemned the trade in human organs as an abomination on Friday and urged caution in removing organs for transplant from dying donors who might...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 8, 2008 12:48 pm
Does atheism make you mean? http://www.slate.com/id/2203614/pagenum/all/#p2...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 9, 2008 1:11 pm
Fresh medical research suggests the serious mental illness which bedevils new mothers may be due to nature, not nurture ...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 9, 2008 1:12 pm
The sculpin could reveal how some ocean dwellers made the jump to life in fresh water. http://www.nature.com/news/2008/081107/full/news.2008.1215.html...
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Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Nov 9, 2008 1:21 pm
Scientists have found a way to get damaged nerve cells in the brains of mice to repair themselves, a finding that may lead to new treatments for spinal cord...
