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July 31, 2009

Katz  permlink

Category: Blog

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July 30, 2009

Heritability of height vs. weight  permlink

Category: Genetics

Megan McArdle has a post, Thining Thin, a follow up to America's Moral Panic Over Obesity. She says: 1. Obesity is increasing in the population, so it can't be genetic. Well, average height is also increasing in the population. Does...

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93 ancestrally informative markers to categorize them all  permlink

Category: Genetics

An ancestry informative marker set for determining continental origin: validation and extension using human genome diversity panels: Results In this study, genotypes from Human Genome Diversity Panel populations were used to further evaluate a 93 SNP AIM panel, a subset...

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Best cities for singles  permlink

Category: Blog

Matt Yglesias pointed to this Forbes list of best cities for singles. Shouldn't one observe that the best city for men might not be the best city for women, and vice versa??? (sex ratio differences) Below the fold is the...

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Rise of Google, 1999-2001  permlink

Category: Technology

A quick follow up to the post below, I was curious as to the increased profile of Google in The New York Times (Google trends doesn't seem to be available to the public before 2004) around the turn of the...

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The next Google?  permlink

Category: Technology

The collaboration between Yahoo! and Microsoft is spawning a lot of articles about the coming duopoly in search (since the Yahoo! Microsoft deal is for 10 years, we're talking 10 year horizon times). But this got me to thinking: when...

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July 29, 2009

Missing Productive Woman  permlink

Category: Blog

News story, brought to you by the same people responsible for China Strong....

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July 28, 2009

Women getting better looking, the paper....  permlink

Category: Anthroplogy

Update: The author of the paper clears up confusions. Follow up to the post yesterday, here's the paper, Physical attractiveness and reproductive success in humans: evidence from the late 20th century United States: Physical attractiveness has been associated with mating...

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Charles Darwin & Germany  permlink

Category: Evolution

Short article in PLoS Biology, Charles Darwin's Reception in Germany and What Followed....

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July 27, 2009

The rise of Megan Fox, the decline of Jessica Alba  permlink

Category: Culture

In the post below I wanted to have an attractive female headshot, so I naturally looked for something from Megan Fox. A few years ago I probably would have used someone like Jessica Alba. In fact, I did use Alba...

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