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Teen motherhood: Evolutionary strategy.

27 July 2010 grant b 0

There’s a whole shovel-load of politics wrapped up in this New Scientist report on the evolutionary effects of poverty on human reproduction:

There is no reason to view the poor as

… Read the rest “Teen motherhood: Evolutionary strategy.”

Fixing Prisons.

11 August 2009 grant b 0

PhysOrg has some advice from the American Psychological Association on how to make prisons actually work – by punishing less and keeping convicts from coming back:

“The current

… Read the rest “Fixing Prisons.”

Smart Soldiers Die First.

21 December 2008 grant b 0

Sounds grim, but New Scientist says it’s true. The more intelligent soldiers were the most likely to die in combat:

The unprecedented demands of the second world war – fought more

… Read the rest “Smart Soldiers Die First.”

Terror warnings undermine conservative candidates.

8 October 2008 grant b 0

PhysOrg enters the presidential fray with a new UC Berkeley study that finds playing the terror card can backfire on political conservatives:

…[A] new national field study conducted

… Read the rest “Terror warnings undermine conservative candidates.”

*More* spouses?

20 August 2008 grant b 2

New Scientist has just given me stress-induced palpitations with their finding that the more wives, the longer-lived the man:

After accounting for socioeconomic differences, men aged

… Read the rest “*More* spouses?”

Just don’t put their faces on bubblegum cards.

16 July 2008 grant b 0

Science News reveals the latest success story in political prediction – from a guy using tools from baseball picking:

He creates his baseball predictions by matching current players

… Read the rest “Just don’t put their faces on bubblegum cards.”

Anti-evolutionary Bayou Seeping Into US Politics.

11 July 2008 grant b 2

So New Scientist tells us that the forces that believe God made Man (but a monkey never provided the glue) are celebrating an Intelligent Design victory in Louisiana that could have national… Read the rest “Anti-evolutionary Bayou Seeping Into US Politics.”

Beijing 2008: Robot drones and Segway police.

9 July 2008 grant b 0

Guests at the Summer Olympics might get an idea of what “technological superiority” means nowadays, according to AP’s report on China’s new security measures… Read the rest “Beijing 2008: Robot drones and Segway police.”

Whistles of death and healing.

2 July 2008 grant b 0

Wired takes a musical trip to ancient Mexico, with the help of an engineer who has recreated the sounds of the Aztecs and Mayans and their whistles of death and healing:

Noisemakers made of

… Read the rest “Whistles of death and healing.”

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