The study notes that a menopausal mechanism would have had to predate the effects they are referring to. So male choice didn't "cause menopause", it prevented menopause from dying out. At least that's what I took from that. Could be wrong, didn't read it that closely and am about to go to bread.
sort of
Morrison took over the writing duties for Batman for the past six years or so. Different "arcs" are collected in graphic novels. The whole thing is nearing it's conclusion with only two issues left. It's difficult to describe, but it's head over heels above typical superhero comic...
It's occurred to me that both Fundamentalist Islam and Ultra-Orthodox Judaism have similar views on women. It is an interesting question to ask: Did these attitudes in middle-eastern societies predate their establishment as religious dogma? If so, why? Certainly religion as a whole has...
Seems to be a real thing.
http://blog.chron.com/sciguy/2011/07/china-at-work-on-finding-the-iq-genes-and-then-what/
This research is certainly interesting. I think it's about time someone started doing this kind of work. Personally, I think finding the "ingredients" for intelligence is...
One of the problems with trying to get into a discussion about "fairness" in terms of taxes is that there is a hidden underlying assumption that money earned is relatively equivalent to value added. Not only is this not the case, but the notion of value is one that depends on subjective...
(if you only listen to one, this above, closest probably to what you are looking for)
The "youtube" tag feature didn't work for me. But these songs are awesome and sexy.
I'm all for the fiscal cliff. Let people finally start to take the problem seriously. I'd rather have a bad recession/depression for two years then collapse of the dollar (and hence the world economy) down the road.
Linear and abstract. I have an excellent memory for stories, events, etc. I can often remember events (in terms of order, changes etc.) in other people's lives better then they can. Anything I can turn into a story, I can understand (and then this happened, then this happened.) I am also...