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• It's Better to Be Born Rich Than Gifted.

  Andrew Van Dam points to work by Papageorge and Thom use genome based measurements to demonstrate that even though genetic endowments are distributed almost... Read more

  The 19 october 2018 by   Deric Bownds
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• Trump Anxiety Disorder

  John Harris (chief editor of POLITICO) and Sarah Zimmerman offer an article "Trump May Not Be Crazy, But the Rest of Us Are Getting There Fast." A few clips: ... Read more

  The 18 october 2018 by   Deric Bownds
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• James LuValle, the Olympic Chemist

  

  “Mr. LuValle has made an excellent record in his graduate work with us. He is classed in the upper group of our graduate students, despite the fact that the... Read more

  The 17 october 2018 by   Scarc
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• Feeling Unsafe in a Safe World - the Unsafety Theory of Stress

  Brosschot et al. make the point that our body's stress response is chronically turned on, unless it is actively inhibited by our upstairs prefrontal perception... Read more

  The 17 october 2018 by   Deric Bownds
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• Neanderthal Cave Art is Fake News?

  Life in a Neanderthal cave was surprisingly human. They built structures, created jewellery, and cared for each other. To top it all of, we recently learnt... Read more

  The 16 october 2018 by   Reprieve
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• Health of Fathers Influences the Well-being of Their Progeny.

  Watkins et al. show in mice that a low protein diet during the period of spermatogenesis leads to offspring with disturbed metabolic health: Significance... Read more

  The 16 october 2018 by   Deric Bownds
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• Too Much Or Too Little Sleep Correlates with Cognitive Deficits.

  Wild et al. collected sleep and cognitive performance data from ~10,000 people to find that less than 7 or more than 8 hours of sleep a night diminishes... Read more

  The 15 october 2018 by   Deric Bownds
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• Climate Change and Compassion Fatigue

  I'm a climate scientist, and I don't worry about climate change very much. I think about it every day, but I don't let it in. To me climate change is a... Read more

  The 12 october 2018 by   Climatesight
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• A New Algorithm for Predicting Disease Risk.

  I pass on the text of this piece from Gina Kolata, and then the abstract of the article by Khera et al. she is referencing: By surveying changes in DNA at 6. Read more

  The 12 october 2018 by   Deric Bownds
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• The Origin of Religion, According to Hunter-gatherers

  Most people live in a society with a religion that has a moralizing god. You know, the one(s) that hand out rules from on high. "Thou shalt do this, don't do... Read more

  The 11 october 2018 by   Reprieve
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