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March 31, 2006

Foot adaptation....  permlink

Category: Blog

Below is an image which offers evidence for functional analysis in the context of The Pliocene Pussy Cat Theory....

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March 30, 2006

Genetics + coffee = death...or...not  permlink

Category: Genetics

Interesting paper out in JAMA, Coffee, CYP1A2 genotype, and risk of myocardial infarction: The association between coffee intake and risk of myocardial infarction (MI) remains controversial. Coffee is a major source of caffeine, which is metabolized by the polymorphic cytochrome...

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March 29, 2006

John Hawks on the radio  permlink

Category: Genetics

You want to know what John Hawks sounds like? He'll be on Radio Open Source tomorrow (there should be a web feed). I talked to David Miller about getting John on the show before he became famous in Slate, so...

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Fat men are dumber!  permlink

Category: Biology

I have a maxim, "beware of British newspapers." I guess I should add the BBC to that list after reading this slapdash piece, Obese men 'have lower IQs'. Speaking as a normal weight individual with a BMI of 22.8 I...

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March 28, 2006

I am evil  permlink

Category: Blog

Very evil in fact. See below. Via Afarensis....

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Terror from the heights  permlink

Category: Blog

Below is an image that should strike fear into the hearts of all birds, from below and above, evil knows no bounds! On a serious note I was chatting with a friend of mine about the possible hypotheses for the...

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March 27, 2006

The doctor's long lens of evolution  permlink

Category: Evolution

Interesting report out, Evolutionary biology research techniques predict cancer. Medicine has been around for thousands of years, from the "healings" of shamans to the "theoretical" paradigm of Galen. It seems possible that until the last 100 years or so medical...

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George W. Bush, Randian superman?  permlink

Category: Culture

This whole conversion story in Afghanistan has been in the news recently. The Christian Science Monitor attempts to put the issue of conversion from Islam to another religion in an international perspective. I am cautious about making large generalizations without...

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Genes don't "make" you be a certain way....  permlink

Category: Genetics

Apropos of my earlier post relating to heritability...this is the sort of confusing gibberish that ends up making it into the press, Professor researches genetics of gambling. He tries to clear up problems of communication: This quote has been misconstrued....

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March 26, 2006

Come the reductionist revolution....  permlink

Category: Genetics

There is an important paper out on calculating heritability (JAVA applet). Heritability is an important and misunderstood concept. Some people have argued that heritability is fallacious reification, a biostatistical construct which has no real relevance (or reality) outside of its...

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