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Health

Aug 21, 2012

Orangutans on Ritalin: An Evolutionary Developmental Psychology Perspective on ADHD

No animal other than us modern humans—our hunter-gatherer ancestors included—suffers ADHD. But plenty of today’s elementary school children do. What's going on?

Education
Health
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Aug 7, 2012

Mom’s Genes Make Males Die Sooner

Men who make it to adulthood without succumbing to the male habit of dying in accidents shouldn't congratulate themselves too soon.

Biology
Health
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Aug 6, 2012

Alarming Evolution of Nastier Parasites in Vaccine Study

Evolution may also play a role in how other diseases react to vaccines.

Biology
Health
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Aug 2, 2012

Scientists Find Secret of Why Women Live Longer

Why women live longer than men.

Biology
Health
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Aug 1, 2012

Boy or Girl? Mother Can Control Outcome

Mothers can adjust the sex of their unborn children to best match their living conditions, research shows.

Biology
Health
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Jul 13, 2012

Autumn Babies More Likely to Hit 100

Good news for autumn babies: those born between September and November are more likely to live to 100 than those born in other months of the year.

Biology
Health
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Jul 13, 2012

Do Wild Bats Hold the Key to Understanding Human Tribal Behavior?

Disease-causing pathogens–viruses, bacteria and protists–have geographies, both in terms of where they can be found and how common they are within those regions.

Biology
Culture
Health
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Jun 25, 2012

We Evolved To Eat Meat, But How Much Is Too Much?

Modern medicine tells us that too much meat is bad for us, so what's a consumer to do?

Health
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Jun 22, 2012

Dirtying Up Our Diets

Reintroducing coevolutionary diets to improve health outcomes.

Environment
Health
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