11.30.07
GNXP links
One of our closest ancestors had more in common with gorillas than
previously thought, with males of the species taking far longer to
reach maturity than females, scientists said on Thursday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071129/sc_nm/humans_gorillas_dc
Will the secular left soon attack the religious right for being
pro-science?
http://www.opinionjournal.com/federation/feature/?id=110010915
Remember biology class where you learned that children inherit one
copy of a gene from mom and a second from dad? There’s a twist: Some
of those genes arrive switched off, so there is no backup if the other
copy goes bad, making you more vulnerable to disorders from obesity to
cancer.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_sc/silenced_genes;_ylt=AjhQhhAAcEoo7xMSB3MnGI1vieAA
Genetic tests to assess disease risk are proliferating but many are a
waste of money and tell people little more than they would know from
studying family history, medical experts said on Friday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071130/hl_nm/genes_testing_dc;_ylt=Ag5BiFgTYrB1ZYT.USF9obIQ.3QA
Some people are more prone to infection than others. One answer could
be to dose them with the molecules that their immune systems cannot make
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10205154
New evidence our canine friends are able to form abstract concepts.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/11/28/scidogs128.xml
An underwater archaeologist has found what may be an etching of a
mastodon at the bottom of Grand Traverse Bay in Lake Michigan. Members
of a local tribe believe that there is a spear in the mastodon, which
would be hard evidence that humans hunted the prehistoric
elephant-like animals. Tom Kramer of Interlochen Public Radio reports.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16655750