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[BBC] Unhappy children 'end up unwell'
Unhappy children are more likely to grow up to become adults who are permanently sick or disabled, a UK study has suggested ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 2, 2009 4:38 am
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[Reuters] Study of spit offers insight into human health
Bacteria found in people's spit does not vary much around the world, a surprising finding that could provide insights into how diet and cultural factors affect...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 2, 2009 4:39 am
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[AP] Genes that make teeth grow all in a row
Ever wonder why sharks get several rows of teeth and people only get one? Some geneticists did, and their discovery could spur work to help adults one day grow...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 2, 2009 4:40 am
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[WaPo] The Underpinnings Of Irrational Anger
There is robust evidence that unreasonable anger against those who harm the common good is deeply embedded in human DNA, and may play a salutary role in our...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 2, 2009 4:42 am
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[Economist] The kindness of crowds
Crowds of people are often seen as bad for public order. But they have ways of policing themselves that the police might do well to understand ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 2, 2009 4:43 am
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[NYT] In a Helpless Baby, the Roots of Our Social Glue
Babies display many of the characteristics that distinguish us from other animals http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/science/03angi.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 3, 2009 3:35 am
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[New Sci News] Humans may be primed to believe in creation
Religion might not be the only reason people buy into creationism and intelligent design â€" our natural thought processes may play a part too, experiments...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 3, 2009 3:36 am
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[Nature News] Engineered viruses fight bacteria
Viruses that target bacteria could help give antibiotics a boost http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090302/full/news.2009.131.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 3, 2009 3:37 am
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[Sci Am] Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness that Counts
A psychologist probes how altruism, Darwinism and neurobiology mean that we can succeed by not being cutthroat ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 3, 2009 3:39 am
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[New Atlantis] Why Minds Are Not Like ComputersÂ
Describing the brain and even the mind in terms taken from computer scienceâ€"Âinputs and outputs, software and circuitsÂâ€"is now so common that...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 3, 2009 3:44 am
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[Wired] Inside the New Science of Neuroengineering
Neuroengineers take a pragmatic and direct approach. They are trying to change brains by going in and just changing them. ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 3, 2009 7:57 am
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[Slate] Testing Testing
Employment tests may be racially biased—but what if they're less biased than human beings? http://www.slate.com/id/2212235/...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 3, 2009 11:23 pm
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[BBC] Chimps craft ultimate fishing rod
Scientists believe they have solved the mystery of why some chimpanzees are so good at catching termites http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7922120.stm...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 4, 2009 4:42 am
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[Telegraph UK] We are friendlier to people who resemble us
The more someone looks like us the more likely we are to help them, scientist find ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 5, 2009 2:57 am
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[Nat Geo News] Male Nightingales Explore by Day, Seduce by Night
In a first among birds, unpaired nightingales chirp different tunes to lure mates at night than they do for exploring territory during the day ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 5, 2009 2:58 am
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[AP] Oldest fossilized brain found in fish from Midwest
A 300-million-year-old fossilized brain has been discovered by researchers studying a type of fish that once lived in what is now Kansas and Oklahoma ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 5, 2009 4:55 am
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[New Sci News] Inbreeding sabotages rare species' sperm
As if things weren't already bad enough for the males of endangered species, as their gene pool shrinks, inbreeding can hamper their reproductive efforts ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 5, 2009 4:57 am
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[Discovery News] Worldwide She-Male Fish Mystery Widens
Around the world, increasing numbers of male fish are developing female traits -- growing new sexual organs and sometimes even producing eggs. The phenomenon...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 6, 2009 4:36 am
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[Sci Am] Building a Portrait of a Lie in the Brain
In search of a better lie detector, scientists are peering into the brain to probe the origins of deception ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 6, 2009 4:37 am
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[BBC] What's the ideal number of friends?
The more friends you have, the more you earn, says a study. But modern life can allow little time to maintain meaningful relationships, so what's the optimum...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 6, 2009 4:38 am
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[Economist] About face
People's creditworthiness, it seems, can be seen in their looks http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13226709...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 6, 2009 4:41 am
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[Nature News] The resurrection of a disease-linked gene
An unusual tale of a gene lost, then found, during human evolution http://www.nature.com/news/2009/090305/full/news.2009.140.html...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 6, 2009 4:43 am
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[NPR] Anthropologist Donald Johanson On 'Lucy's Legacy'
In 1974, at age 31, Donald Johanson discovered the fossil he dubbed "Lucy" — a previously unknown species of ancient hominid. Johanson talks about what the...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 8, 2009 4:37 am
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[Newsweek] Why Guys Diet Differently
Turns out, men and women aren't equal in the weight-loss game. Sigh. http://www.newsweek.com/id/187802...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 8, 2009 4:38 am
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[Reuters] Optimists live longer and healthier lives
Optimists live longer, healthier lives than pessimists, U.S. researchers said on Thursday in a study that may give pessimists one more reason to grumble ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 8, 2009 4:39 am
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[New Sci News] Viral infection may prime some people for diabetes
Viruses that cause diarrhoea and vomiting may also trigger type-1 diabetes in children with a particular genetic make-up, a study finds ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 8, 2009 4:46 am
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[Economist] Haunted by the past
Sharing a womb with a living twin is bad for you. A dead one is worse http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13226717...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 8, 2009 4:47 am
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[Telegraph UK] Fast reactions point to longer life
Reaction speed is an indicator of how long a person is likely to live, scientists have claimed ...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 8, 2009 6:14 pm
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[BBC] Oily fish dementia boosts queried
A UK study has cast doubt on claims that eating oily fish can protect against dementia in old age http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7929071.stm...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 9, 2009 2:38 am
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[Boston Globe] Harvard fuels quest to create life from scratch
Machine mimics ribosome activity, professor asserts http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2009/03/08/harvard_fuels_quest_to_create_life_from_scratch/...
Jason Malloy
jmalloynyc
Mar 9, 2009 2:41 am