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• Men Take Until Age 43 to ‘Grow Up’

  

  Men finally grow up at the age of 43 – a full eleven years after women ‘mature’, it has been revealed. A study into the differences in maturit... Read more

  The 10 june 2013 by   72point
  SCIENCE, SOCIETY

• Blue Eyes Traced Back to One Ancestor

  

  Research shows that people who have blue eyes all come from the same single common ancestor. A research team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down... Read more

  The 28 may 2013 by   Frontiergap
  ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Kids, Camera Trapping and Community

  

  For my PhD research I have met people from lots of communities in and around the Soutpansberg Mountains. Just over a month ago I went to a Sepedi community... Read more

  The 08 june 2013 by   Iratemonkey
  ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• Landowners’ Braai

  

  The Primate and Predator Project works across a number properties within the Southpansberg Mountains thanks to the support of many local landowners. Read more

  The 21 may 2013 by   Iratemonkey
  ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE

• The Failure of Science Museums (and Some Radio Shows)

  Three years ago, I posted my ambivalence about science museums. I recently accompanied my seven year old on a field trip to one and now I am of the firm belief... Read more

  The 30 may 2013 by   Ccc1685
  SCIENCE

• Repo Men and Gender Roles

  

  Scene 1: Man comes home to find that his key doesn't work anymore. He rings the bell, his wife opens the door, and tells him hers works just fine. She has had... Read more

  The 03 june 2013 by   Bjornostman
  SCIENCE

• Carnival of Evolution the 60th Edition up at NeuroDojo

  

  The 60th edition is now up at NeuroDojo. Go check it out, it doesn't have very many posts (what is going on with that, btw? Summer?), but Zen wrote a great... Read more

  The 03 june 2013 by   Bjornostman
  SCIENCE

• Wiener on Robots

  An essay by Norbert Wiener written in 1949 intended for the New York Times was recently uncovered.  He pretty much had it right 64 years ago. Below is the rathe... Read more

  The 21 may 2013 by   Ccc1685
  SCIENCE

• The E-Cat and the EmDrive, Two Unicorns That Might Change the World Tomorrow

  While the world is occupied with the day to day struggle, to make tomorrow’s deadline and to meet the next GDP target, in a world consumed by crises, hunger... Read more

  The 18 june 2013 by   Mesapiens
  PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE

• The Demise of Arbaclofen for Fragile X

  Seaside Therapeutics has recently announced that they would be withdrawing their Fragile X drug Arbaclofen (STX209) from further clinical trials (see here). Read more

  The 07 june 2013 by   Ccc1685
  SCIENCE