Researchers have discovered that a long-defunct gene was resurrected during the course of human evolution. This is believed to be the first evidence of a doomed gene – infection-fighting human IRGM – making a comeback in the human/great ape lineage. The study, led by Evan Eichler’s genome science laboratory at the University of Washington and [...]
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Growing older is a fact of life, but people’s hopes, fears, pre-conceptions and experiences surrounding the ageing process are richly diverse. As part of the Festival of Social Science organised by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to highlight how social science impacts on our daily lives, researchers from Swansea University are organising a [...]
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The water levels in the Dead Sea – the deepest point on Earth – are dropping at an alarming rate with serious environmental consequences, according to Shahrazad Abu Ghazleh and colleagues from the University of Technology in Darmstadt, Germany. The projected Dead Sea-Red Sea or Mediterranean-Dead Sea Channels therefore need a significant carrying capacity to [...]
The Human Fertilization and Embryology (HFE) Act becomes law in April 2009¹. It promises groundbreaking legislation on assisted reproduction and embryo research², but was its development really a landmark in national scientific decision-making? With contributions from leading figures in the worlds of science, policy, ethics and the media, the ESRC Genomics Forum³, based at the [...]
Program successfully teaches domestic violence victims safe use of technology
posted in Culture, Headlines, SMA new Washington state program designed to help victims of domestic violence increase their knowledge of how to use technology safely and help minimize the risks that technology can pose when one is in an abusive relationship has been evaluated as highly successful. The Technology Safety Program, developed by the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic [...]
Fossil Footprints Pick up Ancient Man’s Trail in Africa
posted in Culture, Earth, Food, Headlines, Science, Space(Right) 1.5 million year-old footprint, (Left) Color-contoured 3D laser scan image of the footprint photo on the right. Credit: Brian Richmond, George Washington University. The anthropology world is all abuzz with a discovery in Africa that’s knocking scientists off their feet. It’s the finding of 1.5 million-year-old fossilized human footprints in Kenya at Rutgers University’s [...]
Live sustainably just because it’s the right thing to do. Do you “hope” that everyone will see the light and start living more sustainably to save the environment? If so, you may be doing more harm than good. So say an environmental scientist and an environmental ethicist in a provocative essay in the March 2009 [...]
Karen Rosenberg, UD professor of anthropology, demonstrates a baby’s complex journey through the birth canal for Evanna Singh, a senior anthropology major and McNair Scholar. Credit: Ambre Alexander/University of Delaware Contrary to the TV sitcom where the wife experiencing strong labor pains screams at her husband to stay away from her, women rarely give birth [...]
New study says to look at more than just price to find the best travel bargains
posted in Culture, SMIf you’re looking for bargain air travel, a new study finds that you should look at more than just the ticket price. Instead, a researcher at North Carolina State University who co-authored the study says that consumers need to consider the quality of the flights being offered in order to get the best “price efficiency.” [...]