Opinion Barry Artiste. Well isn’t that a kick in the pants when it seems at first Mammoths and humans crossed the ice bridge between Siberia and Alaska populating North America with the Wooly Mammoth, then as the...
The World Health Organization has just finished an extensive three-year study looking at the relationship between social conditions and health, concluding that "social injustice is killing people on a grand scale."Working conditions, education, housing, food, social security,...
Long held view is that a person's decision to smoke for the first time is always compelled by his peer group but whether he wants to carry on smoking is not determined by himself or his peer group. A latest...
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It was “a real surprise,” Gerth told the German newspaper Die Welt. "None of us could believe it," the maternity ward's head doctor, Birgit Weber, told one news source. "Both kids have definitely the same father." Some things aren’t always black and white. Then again,...
Over one hundred thousand years ago there was the beginning of a series of migrations out of East Africa. These bands of adventurers first travelled south...
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. exports to Iran -- including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons -- grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nuclear ambitions and helping terrorists. ...
14, Mendelian genetics cannot fully explain human health and behavior. ... 25, Some viruses store genetic information in RNA. 26, RNA was the first genetic ..
14, Mendelian genetics cannot fully explain human health and behavior. ... 25, Some viruses store genetic information in RNA. 26, RNA was the first genetic ..
Cloning: good thing or bad thing? Read on." Poor old Trakr. Once hailed as a hero, the retired Halifax police dog can no longer use the hind legs that pushed him through the ruins of the World Trade Center as he sniffed for survivors. His hearing has faded and, at 15, his dog...
This New York Times front page report shows how scientists have discovered what a human being actually is--a symbio-genetic superorganism. The implications, in terms of the way we see ourselves in the world, are enormously exciting.
"By NICHOLAS WADEPublished: May 23, 2008The...
Regardless of age or sex, a variation in genetics (specifically the glucose transporter type 2, GLUT2) will cause individuals to consume more sugars. The study is done by the University of Toronto and published by...
Un nuevo estudio genético latinoamericano –del cual Costa Rica formó parte– confirmó que en las venas de los habitantes del Valle Central corre sangre europea, indígena y...
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Does biology determine the different ways men and women go about--or want to go about--their careers? Is Hillary Clinton an anomaly, while Donald Trump a fully-realized and prototypical man (yikes).Writer Susan...
Ever notice how some people are naturally optimistic (Richard Simmons), and others not so much (Trent Reznor)? It may not be due to any credit, or discredit, of their own. New research suggests our...