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• Lose Those Monkeys!

  
  Brainstorm — Authority: 119
  One Cimpanzee Giving it a Try (from Wikipedia) C ertain images have astounding Velcro properties; they stick. Regrettably, however, their stickiness seems to bear little relationship to their validity. Case in point: The oft-repeated notion that if you had an infinite number of monkeys banging away randomly on an ...
  16 hours ago

• Roots of Prejudice Differ Among Men and Women

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 595
  New research suggests men develop prejudice against different groups because of aggression. Women, however, display prejudice because of fear. Michigan State University researchers discovered that throughout the course of history, men have been the primary aggressors against different groups as well as the primary ...
  3 days ago

• The Problem(s) with Sex

  
  Brainstorm — Authority: 119
  A pair of mating sacrophagus flies, who, evidently not having read this blog, are blissfully ignorant of the foolishness of their actions. S ex is a problem for evolutionary biologists, a very big problem.  (Let’s be clear: we don’t personally have any more difficulty with it than does anyone else; it’s ...
  1 week ago

• Take that Mister “We’ll just add a hatchery”

  
  Singlebarbed — Authority: 104
  There are so many absolutes , so many unequivocating terms in the below as to be downright scary: A new study has revealed that the impact of a hatchery environment on steelhead trout is so profound that in just one generation genetic traits are developed that cost fish the natural ability to be able to survive ...
  1 week ago

• Headphone-wearing pedestrian injuries triple as audiophiles stop noticing onrushing trains

  
  Engadget — Authority: 850
  The number of pedestrians injured or killed while wearing headphones has tripled in the last six years: 16 oblivious PMP users were offed in 2004, the number rising to 47 for last year. The research, carried out by Dr Richard Lichenstein at the University of Maryland found that headphone wearers became ...
  1 week ago

• Cliff Clavins Theory Of Love

  
  Blogs — Authority: 146
  In an old episode of the television program "Cheers," Cliff Clavin explains his theory of intelligence to Norm. "Well, you see, Norm, its like this..." read more
  1 week ago

• Separation of Church and State is a Must in America!

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 587
  My fellow Americans, What is so wrong that now you want to push religion in schools? This is not what our forefathers had planned for this country of ours. We have “separation of church and state” for a reason. I also notice that it is Christians who want to push prayer and “creationism” in our public ...
  1 week ago

• Chimpanzee Y-chromosome gene diversity explained

  
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  In short (as I understand it): Gorilla females tend to have one man, hence there is no sperm competition between different males sperm Orangutan females tend to choose their man, so, once again, there is no sperm competition between different males sperm Bonobos are matriarchal and have concealed ovulation, hence ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Exception to Bergmann’s Rule

  
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    The birds in California are growing. Nobody is exactly sure why, as it goes against the existing theory known as “ Bergmann’s Rule ,” which states that the colder the environment or the higher the latitude, the larger the bird or mammal will be (most likely to preserve body heat). Birds and mammals of ...
  4 weeks ago

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