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Walker's World: Bye-bye boomers London (UPI) May 5, 2008 
The victory of Boris Johnson in London's mayoral election represents the emergence of a new generation of politicians into the struggle for power. The baby boomers are starting the long, sad slide into senescence. The generation X-ers are on the march.
The first sign of this great shift came in Russia earlier this year when Dmitry Medvedev, at 44 just two years older than Johnson ... read more |
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United We Stand: When Cooperation Butts Heads With Competition
Jerusalem (SPX) May 05, 2008Phrases such as "survival of the fittest" and "every man for himself" may seem to accentuate the presence of political and social competition in American culture; however, there obviously are similar instances of inter- and intra-group conflict across almost all known organisms. So what makes competition so prevalent for life and why does it sometimes seem to be preferred over cooperation? ... more Stonehenge excavation may alter history 
Salisbury, England (UPI) May 3, 2008 A new excavation of Stonehenge may alter historians' concept of the British landmark site's purpose, researchers say. By studying a set of unusual stones linked to the historical site, a team of archaeologists are attempting to prove Stonehenge was not an ancient burial site, but actually a temple of healing, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. Wessex Archaeology researcher ... more Ancient Nutcracker Man Challenges Ideas On Evolution Of Human Diet 
Fayetteville AK (SPX) May 02, 2008Tiny marks on the teeth of an ancient human ancestor known as the "Nutcracker Man" may upset current evolutionary understanding of early hominid diet. Using high-powered microscopes, researchers looked at rough geometric shapes on the teeth of several Nutcracker Man specimens and determined that their structure alone was not enough to predict diet. Peter Ungar, professor of anthropology at ... more Walker's World: French births soar 
Washington, April 30, 2008 The news that France has overtaken Ireland to boast the highest birthrate in Europe is intriguing for three different reasons. The first is that for a Europe that is worried about too few children being born to support the fast-growing numbers of elderly retirees, it suggests that public policy can make a difference. France now pays any mother with a third child about $1,200 in child ... more Decoding The Dictionary: Study Suggests Lexicon Evolved To Fit In The Brain 
Troy NY (SPX) May 01, 2008The latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary boasts 22,000 pages of definitions. While that may seem far from succinct, new research suggests the reference manual is meticulously organized to be as concise as possible - a format that mirrors the way our brains make sense of and categorize the countless words in our vast vocabulary. "Dictionaries have often been thought of as a ... more |
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Emeryville, CA (AFP) April 20, 2008Computer buff Will Wright created a multi-billion-dollar franchise with "The Sims" video games that let people play at real life affairs such as dating, working and raising children. Now from September, Wright will let people play god with his latest brainchild "Spore." "The big hook with 'Spore' is that practically the entire game is user created," said Shane Satterfield, editor-in-chief ... more Are Humans Hardwired For Fairness 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 18, 2008Is fairness simply a ruse, something we adopt only when we secretly see an advantage in it for ourselves? Many psychologists have in recent years moved away from this purely utilitarian view, dismissing it as too simplistic. Recent advances in both cognitive science and neuroscience now allow psychologists to approach this question in some different ways, and they are getting some intriguing ... more Unconscious Decisions In The Brain 
Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2008Already several seconds before we consciously make a decision its outcome can be predicted from unconscious activity in the brain. This is shown in a study by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, in collaboration with the Charite University Hospital and the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin. The researchers from ... more Scientists Find A Fingerprint Of Evolution Across The Human Genome 
Cold Spring Harbor NY (SPX) Apr 10, 2008The Human Genome Project revealed that only a small fraction of the 3 billion "letter" DNA code actually instructs cells to manufacture proteins, the workhorses of most life processes. This has raised the question of what the remaining part of the human genome does. How much of the rest performs other biological functions, and how much is merely residue of prior genetic events? Scientists ... more Plan Brokered By UCLA, USC Archaeologists Would Remove Roadblock To Mideast Peace 
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2008Israelis and Palestinians may not be able to agree right now on their present or future, but, if a pair of Los Angeles archaeologists have their way, they soon will see eye to eye on their past. Working tirelessly for the past five years, Ran Boytner, a University of California, Los Angeles archaeologist and Lynn Swartz Dodd, an archaeologist at the University of Southern California, have ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2008It's well known that the left and right sides of the brain differ in many animal species and this is thought to influence cognitive performance and social behaviour. For instance, in humans, the left half of the brain is concerned with language processing whereas the right side is better at comprehending musical melody. Now researchers from UCL publishing their work in the open access ... more Preschool Kids Do Better On Tasks When They Talk To Themselves 
Fairfax VA (SPX) Mar 31, 2008Parents should not worry when their pre-schoolers talk to themselves; in fact, they should encourage it, says Adam Winsler, an associate professor of psychology at George Mason University. His recent study published in Early Childhood Research Quarterly showed that 5-year-olds do better on motor tasks when they talk to themselves out loud (either spontaneously or when told to do so by an adult) ... more Researchers Urge Ethics Guidelines For Human-Genome Research 
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Mar 28, 2008A global team of legal, scientific and ethics experts have put forward eight key recommendations to establish much needed guidelines for conducting human-genome sequencing research. Timothy Caulfield, professor and research director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta in Canada, led a consensus workshop to develop rigorous guideline recommendations for research ethics board ... more Upright Walking Began 6 Million Years Ago 
Stony Brook NY (SPX) Mar 27, 2008A shape comparison of the most complete fossil femur (thigh bone) of one of the earliest known pre-humans, or hominins, with the femora of living apes, modern humans and other fossils, indicates the earliest form of bipedalism occurred at least six million years ago and persisted for at least four million years. William Jungers, Ph.D., of Stony Brook University, and Brian Richmond, Ph.D ... more MIT Demonstrates Pre-Columbian Use Of Rafts To Transport Goods 
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 26, 2008Oceangoing sailing rafts plied the waters of the equatorial Pacific long before Europeans arrived in the Americas, and carried tradegoods for thousands of miles all the way from modern-day Chile to western Mexico, according to new findings by MIT researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Details of how the ancient trading system worked more than 1,000 years ago we ... more
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