“Recently awarded a Dream Time Fellowship by the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, Grand is working on giving Lucy better eyesight, hearing, stronger muscles and a more powerful brain. Steve hopes Lucy will be able to learn to crawl before taking those first steps and repeating simple sounds, just like other toddlers do.Lucy’s [...]
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It’s amazing how animals and humans adapt to changing environmental conditions. Evolution has apparently built in the propensity for animals and humans to spawn more females during food shortages: Overall, the ratio of boys to girls born dropped to 0.88. Sons require more reproductive effort than daughters. “They grow a bit [...] “An exhaustive study of 643 children from before birth to 9 years of age shows no detectable risk from the low levels of mercury their mothers were exposed to from eating ocean seafood…”These people were eating an average of 12 meals of fish per week! Looks like another myth has [...] For those of us who believe in the importance of fish oil as a source of Omega 3, news like this is particularly distressing. 90% [...] Microsoft is developing a virtual brain — a database that holds human memories. As one analyst put it — this is Web logging run amok. “By 2047, almost all information will be in cyberspace — including all knowledge and creative works,” said one of the project’s leaders, Gordon Bell. “The most significant benefit will be a [...] For those of you that missed it, here is a link to the infamous Gene Simmons interview from Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Don’t miss this fascinating discussion between the outspoken, womanizing rocker and [...] |
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