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Finding the gay “switch”

Homosexuality may persist because the associated genes convey surprising advantages on homosexuals’ family members.
If there is one thing that has always seemed obvious about homosexuality, it’s that it just doesn’t make sense. Evolution favors traits that aid reproduction, and being gay clearly doesn’t do that. The existence of homosexuality amounts to a profound evolutionary [...]

F22 Raptor wows Farnborough

The F22 Raptor fighter jet took to the skies at the Farnborough air show. The US Air Force aircraft is made by Lockheed Martin, and is arguably the world’s most sophisticated fighter jet.
See the video at the BBC:
BBC NEWS | Business | F22 Raptor wows Farnborough

Pajamas Media » Serbian Election a Muddle for Pro-EU Forces

My latest in Pajamas Media
Pajamas Media » Serbian Election a Muddle for Pro-EU Forces
 
 

Kosovo Shmosovo

The happy innocent days when Serbs thought that with Slobo gone, they would be treated fairly.
I have received a number of emails from friends curious to know the inside track on the Kosovo situation from their man on the ground in Serbia.
The problem is that when one is very close to the situation, and are [...]

links for 2007-11-16

The PayPal mafia - Nov. 14, 2007
An inside look at the hyperintelligent, superconnected pack of serial entrepreneurs who left the payment service and are turning Silicon Valley upside down.
(tags: Entrepreneurship Internet money business)

BBC NEWS | Americas | China spying ‘biggest US threat’
Chinese espionage poses “the single greatest risk” to the security of US technology, a [...]

links for 2007-11-14

Love at first sight just sex and ego, study says | Science | The Guardian
Attraction is a narcissistic response, report claims. Standard cues such as eye contact and smiling crucial
(tags: evolution psychology relationships research science sex sexuality biology)

Stone Age feminism? - The Boston Globe
Females joining hunt may explain Neanderthals’ end as they might have been [...]

links for 2007-11-08

BBC NEWS | Health | Sexy walks ‘keep men off scent’
A sexy swing of the hips may attract admiring glances, but it is not a covert sign a woman is ready to breed, according to researchers…They found those with alluring walks were the furthest away from ovulation…A British expert said the research, featu
(tags: women sex [...]

links for 2007-11-05

Hidden personality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sigmund Freud and Carl Rogers both theorised that people have a ‘hidden’ personality of which they are not aware. Although both theories are developed through years of clinical experience, they are based on very different assumptions. In this essay, these
(tags: psychology psychiatry)

links for 2007-11-04

Nightlife guide to six party cities - Times Online
Time Out writers paint the town red in Milan, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Belgrade and New York. Yes, BELGRADE!
(tags: belgrade serbia party tourism srbija beograd)

links for 2007-11-03

The mouse that shook the world
It can run for hours at 20 metres per minute without getting tired. It lives longer, has more sex, and eats more without gaining weight. Could the science that created this supermouse be applied to humans?
(tags: genetics science biology transhumanism engineering ethics)

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