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Do Your Adolescent Children Keep Odd Sleep Hours?

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 12.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Biological Clock, Biology, Children, Teens, Psychology, Children's Health, Sleep, Teenagers, Living News
Dr. Michael J. Breus

The more we know about a young person's developing sleep habits, the better we can support optimal habits for a lifetime of good nights.

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We May Be Born With An Urge to Help

The New York Times | Nicholas Wade | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Selfless, Relationships, Charity, Selflessness, Biology, Physiology, Selfishness, The Giving Life, Tautological Egoism, Giving, Helping, Selfish, Impact, Living News

Biologists are forming a better view of humankind than the traditional opinions of it as warlike and selfish....

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Scientific Link To Autism Identified

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Neuroscience, Brain Chemistry, Brain, Biology, Health, Biochemistry, New Study, Autism, Vaccine, Neurology, Hormones, Wellness, Homeostasis, Hormone-Imbalance, Living News

After careful review of countless scientific studies, The Center's Life Sciences group was able to formulate a scientifically verifiable model for the...

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Bill Bryson's 'Really Short History of Nearly Everything' Is The Dream Gift Book For Every Curious Kid

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: Science, Biology, Evolution, Bill Bryson, Natural History, Geology, A Walk in the Woods, A Really Short History of Nearly Everything, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, Science Books, Reading, A Short History of Nearly Everything, Books, Books News
Jesse Kornbluth

Bill Bryson has created "A Really Short History of Nearly Everything," and he's done me -- and you, and every curious kid burdened by a dull textbook or a brain-dead science teacher -- a huge favor.

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Science Says Sex With Others Is Better

eSarcasm | Posted 10.28.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Science, Sexuality, Sex, Hot Chick, Research, Biology, Humor, Insects, Comedy News
eSarcasm

Now, they aren't actually talking about humans -- they're talking about plants and animals able to reproduce both by themselves and with others. But that doesn't make it any less amusing.

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Practicing Science -- With or Without Religion?

Dan Agin | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Deism, Religion, Science, Atheism, Scientists, National Academy of Sciences, Francis Collins, Thomas Paine, Biology, Darwinism, Evolution, Richard Dawkins, Living News
Dan Agin

The problem for the working scientist is that the essence of science is a self-conscious and mandatory objectivity -- which means dogma and doctrine are essentially antithetical.

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Vegetarian Spider Discovered: Bagheera Kiplingi Eats Mostly Plant Buds From Acacia Plants

A First | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Omnivorous Spider, Acacia, Ant Larvae, Mexico, Ants, Biology, New Spider, Vegetarian Spider, Bagheera Kiplingi, Plant Buds, Jumping Spider, Costa Rica, Green News

A tropical jumping spider that eats mostly plant buds has been identified, a new study says--making it the only known vegetarian out of some 40,000 sp...

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Stem Cell Snorting Holds Promise For Treating Brain Disorders

The Blotter | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: European Journal of Cell Biology, Medical Research, Brain-Disorders, Biology, Stem Cells, Brain Surgery, Human Health, Stem Cell Research, Embryonic Stem Cells, The Brain, Stem Cell Treatments, Cell Biology, Living News

New details from a University of Minnesota researcher's initial tests show the stem cells actually make it to the brain when snorted rather than impla...

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Bird Eats Bat: Great Tits Hunt Bats For Heads (VIDEO)

New Scientist | Sanjida O'Connell | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Ornithologist, Uk, Cave, Nature, Hungary, Biology, Bats, Great Tits, Science, Birds, Ornithology, Video, Green News

It sounds like the avian equivalent of an Ozzy Osbourne legend. Great tits have been discovered killing and eating bats by pecking their heads open. ...

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Daily Mail: Artificial Life Will Be Created "Within Months" As Genome Experts Claim Vital Breakthrough

The Daily Mail | Posted 09.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Genome, J. Craig Venter Institute, Science, Biology, Artificial Life, Microbe, Bacteria, Synthetic Species, Cloned Bacteria, Craig Venter, Synthetic Genome, Home News

Artificial life will be made to order in the laboratory within four months, a controversial biologist has claimed. U.S genome expert Craig Venter, sa...

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Information Addiction and Our Quest for Relevancy

Scott Lachut | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Internet, Relevancy, Information, Biological Imperative, Social Web, Brain, Biology, Online, Seeking, Addiction, Wanting, Mind, Information Overload, Information Age, Beating-Internet-Addiction, Internet Addiction, Facebook Addiction, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
Scott Lachut

This quest for what might be, creates a seemingly infinite feedback loop where consumption continuously renews the appetite.

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The Frogness of Music

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Symphony, Ipod, Biology, Digital Compresssion, Analog, Science, Music, Live Music, Living News
Arthur Rosenfeld

Music today is to live, real music as an origami frog is to a real one. Music has, in short, been dumbed down.

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Rabbits Multiply Like Rabbits, Overrun Canadian Campus (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Biology, Nature, Environment, Rabbits, Conservation, University of Vancouver, Endangered Species, Cougars, Cute Animals, Animals, Canada, Cute Animal Videos, Green News

Rabbits have invaded The University of Victoria campus and officials, worried that the bunnies are damaging the landscape, are considering various way...

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Studies Show Conservatives More Easily Disgusted

Live Science | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Psychology Study, Conservatives, Biology, Science, Psychology, Conservatives Disgusted, Disgust, Homosexuals, Politics News

People who squirm at the sight of bugs or are grossed out by blood and guts are more likely to be politically conservative, new studies find....

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Do Women Need Their Own Space?

Indra Adnan | Posted 06.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Equality, Leadership, Women, Biology, Affirmative Action, Slate, The White House Project, Men, Media, Feminism, British, Gender, Politics, Senate, Parity, Balance, Doublex, Blogging, The Downing Street Project, Media News
Indra Adnan

Working alongside the men, rather than in the room next door, seemed to us the best way to reach the Downing Street Project's goal -- not just the women.

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Behind the News: Why We're Seeing Outbreaks of Swine Flu, and How We Can Stop it Next Time (Video)

TEDTalks | Posted 05.27.2009 | World

Read More: Exploration, Video, Swine Flu Outbreak, Biology, Swine Flu, Biodiversity, Tedtalks, Science, Flu Pandemic, Pandemics, World News
TEDTalks

Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is outwitting the next pandemic by staying two steps ahead: discovering new, deadly viruses where they first emerge.

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Morality Originates in Religion...Not

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Christianity, Morality, Religiosity, Biological Destiny, Destiny, Biology, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawins, Higher Power, Heaven and Hell, God, Heaven, Hell, Living News
Jeff Schweitzer

Morality is our biological destiny, not a gift from god.

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Nathan Wolfe: Hunting for the Next AIDS

TEDTalks | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Exploration, Science, Biology, Biodiversity, Tedtalks, Living News
TEDTalks

2009-03-27-wolfe.jpgArmed with blood samples, high-tech tools and a small army of fieldworkers, Nathan Wolfe hopes to re-invent pandemic control.

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What Did Charles Darwin Really Believe?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Adolf Hitler, Charles Darwin, John D. Rockefeller, Karl Marx, Biology, Benito Mussolini, Evolution, George Bernard Shaw, J. D. Rockefeller, The Origin of Species, Andrew Carnegie, Caporetto, Living News
John W. Whitehead

The world is not black and white, and neither are our so-called historical heroes. Children should be taught what these historical figures really believed and the ramifications of their beliefs.

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Promoting the Pornography of Creationism

Bill Allen | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Theory of Evolution, Intelligent Design, Education, Anti-Intellectualism, Textbook Adoption, Life on Earth, Biology, Texas, Steven Weinberg, Darwin, California, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Textbook Publishers, Textbooks, Creationism, Students, Institute for Creation Research, Online Education, Creation Science, Texas State Board of Education, Anti-Science, Evolution, Politics News
Bill Allen

I proposed in jest the idea of an online degree in "creationism." I never imagined that anyone could seriously put forward such an outlandish idea. Boy, was I ever wrong.

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Ending the Pornography of Creation

Bill Allen | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Life on Earth, Biology, President Obama, Theory of Evolution, Obama, Myths, Barack Obama, Scientific Theory, Mysticism, Religion, Intelligent Design, Education, Creationism, Stevie Wonder, Anti-Intellectualism, Anti-Science, President Bush, Evolution, Politics News
Bill Allen

Now is the time to confront one of the major myths perpetuated by the previous anti-intellectual, anti-science regime. Now is the time to keep science in science class and keep religion out.

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How To Find A Turd In The Woods

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 02.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Science, Evolution, Forests, Biology, Adaptation, Nature, Biodiversity, Dung, Dung Beetles, Green News
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

The fundamental challenge facing dung beetles is, unsurprisingly, finding dung. Time is of the essence -- arrive late and you might find that another poo pirate has stolen the prize.

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Common Plastic Found to Leak Chemicals

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 12.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Bpa, Research, Biology, Packaging, Regulation, Science, Green Living, Fda, Toxic Chemicals, Health, Contamination, Green News, Environment, Plastic, Bisphenol A, Food and Drug Administration, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

Two highly reactive chemicals in a common plastic can leak from disposable lab equipment and skew the outcome of life science research.

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Nobody Reads Nature: Why So Many Tree Species In The Amazon?

Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle | Posted 12.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Science, Environment, Biology, Biodiversity, Forests, Evolution, Green News
Todd Palmer and Rob Pringle

In many cases, the observed patterns in nature are indeed different from those expected under the assumption of randomness.

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Sixth Mass Extinction Underway: Save the Buttercup?

Josie Garthwaite | Posted 11.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Biology, Extinction, New Research, Flowers, Environment, Santa Barbara, Science, Conservation, Endangered Species, Green Living, News, University of Santa Barbara, Buttercup Flower, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Marc Cadotte, Green News
Josie Garthwaite

In general, loss of species that perform unique functions and have few close relatives (in evolutionary terms) would cause the most disruption.

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