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Hormone Oxytocin Linked To Kindness

nytimes.com | Natalie Angier | Posted 11.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Oxytocin, Relationships, Human Kindness, Hormone, Kindness, Science, Evolution, Hormones, Civilization, Living News

Be thankful for your brain's supply of oxytocin, the celebrated peptide hormone that helps lubricate our every prosocial exchange that make human soci...

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The Maya Really Did Warn Us About Our Future (Unintentionally)

Alex Higgins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Copenhagen 2009, Central America, Jared Diamond, Science, Mayans, Global Warming Denial, Roland Emmerich, Global Warming, 2012, Green News

The Maya in the 8th century had little ability to understand the climate change that was happening to them. Our civilization knows what is happening and even has the ability to prevent catastrophe.

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Why Brain Science Is Bad for Juvenile Justice

Alexandra Cox | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Science, Evidence, Research, Brain, Juvenile Justice, Politics News

Brain research may convince the public that development is a fixed, undisputed path toward rational thought, thus further marginalizing those children who stray from the path of 'normal' development.

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Al's Poem

William Petrocelli | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books

Read More: Al Gore, Global Warming, Science Writing, Climate Science, Al Gore Poem, Climate Change, Our Choice, Science, Our Choice Poem, Books, Al Gore Our Choice, Yeats, Books News

Al Gore keeps reassuring nervous audiences that we have the tools to solve the crisis. Time is short, he says, but it hasn't run out yet. And with all that, he had time to write a poem - one that Yeats might have been proud of.

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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

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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Back to the Bush Leagues on Arctic Drilling?

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Congress, Wildlife, Bush Administration, Arctic, Oil, Department of Interior, Science, Oceans, Climate and Energy, Obama Administration, Green News

In the Arctic waters surrounding Alaska, George W. Bush is still president, but Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has the chance to inaugurate a new regime.

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Evangelicals Pray For Climate Change Legislation

guardian.co.uk | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Science, Climate Change, Evangelicals Climate Change, Climate Change Legislation, Evangelicals, Green News

Evangelicals are the bedrock of the Republican party and are often seen as skeptical of science, from global warming to evolution. So the initiative's...

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The Cell Phone Brain Cancer Debate

Dr. Cara Natterson | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Dr. Ronald Herberman, The Bioinitiative Report, Cell-Phone-Dangers, World Health Organization, Health, Brain Cancer, Who, Dr Cara Natterson, Science, Cell Phones, Living News

No one is certain what cell phones do to our brains when we endlessly rest them against our heads. At best, it's nothing. At worst, it's damage that will translate into an enormous spike in brain cancer.

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Rot-Proof Apple Developed: Stays Fresh for 4 Months

treehugger.com | Posted 11.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Science, Apples, Genetic Engineering, Food Politics, Rot Proof Apple, Green News

Scientists in Australia have developed an apple that won't rot. Or, won't rot for a long, long time....

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Humans Still Evolving As Brain Shrinks

LiveScience | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Dna, Brain Scans, Scientific Research, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Brain, Evolving, Human Brain, Science, Evolution, Brain Shrinking, Human Genome, Living News

Evolution in humans is commonly thought to have essentially stopped in recent times. But there are plenty of examples that the human race is still evo...

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Weight Gain Linked To Bacteria In Intestines

latimes.com | Thomas H. Maugh II | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Intestines, Stomach, Health, Weight Gain, Fat, Science, Food, Digestion, Bacteria, Wellness, Living News

A high-fat, high-sugar diet does more than pump calories into your body. It also alters the composition of bacteria in your intestines, making it easi...

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Aardonyx celestae: New Dinosaur Species Discovered

AP | CELEAN JACOBSON | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Aardonyx Celestae, Aardonyx Celestae Dinosaur, Science, Dinosaurs, New Dinosaur Species, Animals, Green News

JOHANNESBURG — A newly discovered dinosaur species that roamed the Earth about 200 million years ago may help explain how the creatures evolved ...

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UK Considers Using Human DNA In Animals

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Dna, DNA Experiments, England, Great Britain, Science, World News

LONDON — British scientists begin a new study on Tuesday to consider how human DNA is used in animal experiments and to determine what the bound...

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Oceanophilia: The Neuroscience of Emotion and the Ocean

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact

Read More: Conservation, Science, Neuroscience, Emotion, Marine Biology, Impact News

Let's mine neuroscience to develop a set of powerful conservation tools that educators, advocates, policymakers and scientists can use to better and more deeply engage, inspire and lead people in the restoration and protection of our beloved ocean.

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Creationism And Intelligent Design Gain Foothold In Turkey

Washington Post | Marc Kaufman | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

With direct and indirect help from American foes of evolution, similarly-minded Turks have aggressively made the case that Charles Darwin's theory is ...

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A Question of Harm -- The Legacy of Vaccination

Tim Ellis | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Cdc, Anti-Vaccinators, Health, Disease, Science, Thimerosal, Autism, Fda, Vaccines, Living News

The anti-vaccination movement has picked up steam in the past few years, and authorities now believe that pockets of unvaccinated children are forming. This is beginning to have deadly results.

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Electronics and Atrocities: Tech Supply Chains Must Do No Harm

David Sullivan | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology

Read More: Rwanda, War Crimes, Satellite Imagery, Sexual Violence, Conflict Minerals, Human Rights, Defense Authorization Act, President Obama, Science, Cell Phones, Congo, Electronics, Technology News

Electronics companies should commit resources to trace supply chains back to the point of extraction, conduct audits, and check assurances for fraud to certify electronics products as conflict-free.

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Housework After Sex, Not Sleep

Dr. Michael J. Breus | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Science, Fruit Flies, Sex, Couples, Sleep, Living News

I wonder, are there ingredients in human sperm yet to be identified that can chemically alter a woman's body? Help her to conceive? Prepare the body for pregnancy?

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Mapping The Link Between Alcohol, Cancer

Yahoo! News | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Science, New Study, Cancer, Alcohol Consumption, Medicine, Health, Wellness, Alcohol, Living News

New research suggests that alcohol may boost the progression of cancer by stimulating a pathway inside cells....

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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

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

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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CDs and Ardi and Vooks, Oh My!

Michael Sigman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology

Read More: Vooks, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Ardi, Simon & Schuster, Science, Evolution, Fundamentalists, Gourmet Magazine, George Albert, Cds, Gourmet Magazine Closes, Eight-Tracks, DigiScent iSmell, Technology, Cashbox, Technology News

It can be exhilarating to contemplate the digital and evolutionary future. But I don't know if I could bear a world of "vookcases," "vook reports," and God forbid, a New York Review of Vooks.

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How Much Television is Too Much? Science Weighs In

Todd Kashdan | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Science, Television, Psychology, Parenting, Children, Social Networking, Sex, Living News

Let's move beyond the silly argument of how much television people should watch. If you are a parent, the amount of TV your children watch should not be another area for you to stress about.

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Modern Man Is A Wimp, According To Anthropologist

Reuters | John Mehaffey | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home

Read More: Neanderthal, Modern Man Speed, Usain Bolt, Modern Man Strength, Prehistoric Man, Manthropology, Modern Man, Olympic Athletes, Australian Aboriginals, Peter Mcallister, Athletes, Books, Strength, Science, Speed, Aborigines, Darwin, Evolution, Home News

Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions. Any Neanderthal wom...

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Ultra Slow Motion Video Of Bullet Impacts (VIDEO)

Posted 10.13.2009 | Technology

Read More: Science, Ultra Slow Motion Video, Bullet Ultra Slow Motion Video, Slow Motion Video, Technology News

Chris Higgins at Mental Floss flags this very cool video of an ultra-slow motion camera capturing the impact of bullets on a variety of objects. Two ...

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