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    Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes

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    Image of icy_one icy_one
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    I would have guessed double X chromosomes. #drivinggene
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    10/28/09

    @icy_one: ooohhhh.. watch out man...

    nope not with me... (pulls at collar) #drivinggene
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    Image of ronsavoy ronsavoy
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    Umm, I'm not sure it's my driving I'd be worried about if I found out I had a gene that adversely affected my memory... what about, oh, I don't know, LEARNING? And generally not being an idiot?? #drivinggene
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/28/09

    @ronsavoy: it's okay. after you find out you have the gene, you'll forget it in a couple days anyways. #drivinggene
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    Image of EtrnL_Frost EtrnL_Frost
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    This... is kind of flawed. Too many variables there. What if they had navigators? You might find that some people with the crappy BDNF genes might put faster lap times than people with good BDNF genes, if you gave everyone the same navigator. This is more about memory, not about driving. And while memory helps w/re: to race driving, that is rendered moot when considering accidents. I.e. Person A might be able to find home better/faster than Person B, but en route, Person B might be able to better avoid the accident then Person A, because Person B is a "better driver".

    I guess, this means then, they have to define "better driver", and quantify it.

    Rereading the article (dur): I guess if you consider though, that the deficient person couldn't keep the car on track... hell, even without a navigator you should still be able to keep the car relatively on the racing line, using breaking markers and visual cues. Of course, if the driving course included blind curves, that assumption is eliminated...
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    Image of InsertBullets InsertBullets
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    can we get the results of the study for just the women of Asian heritage? #drivinggene
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    10/28/09

    @InsertBullets: Damn, you beat me to it!

    Still:

    1/3 of Americans are Asian Women?
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    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 10/28/09 12:57 PM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of Nelson Nelson
    10/28/09

    @InsertBullets: also beat me to it. was going to make a joke about the study being conducted at UC Irvine. (Asians account for 58% of student body)

    Get it?...Account? Heyoooooo!

    My last name is Chen, so I'm allowed to make these stupid remarks. #drivinggene
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/28/09

    @Nelson: I think that's still racist... but maybe it's just funnier? #drivinggene
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    Not being tall enough to see over the steering wheel is genetic, and it seems to be directly tied to bad driving. #drivinggene
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    Does this mean DNA tests for auto insurance? #drivinggene
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    Image of GodofMonkeys GodofMonkeys
    10/28/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    I love that I live in a world with naked mole rats. I love being able to say that I really live in a world with naked mole rats. Mostly I love typing "naked mole rats". #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    Wow, this was in my morning ASCO briefing. It's kinda wierd when my professional life intersects this closely with io9. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    All this time we feared the moleman. Little did we know we would become the moleman. Or you know . . . molewoman as the case may be. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Eridani Eridani
    10/27/09

    @RandomFrequentFlierDent: I, for one, welcome our moleperson overlords. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    10/28/09

    @Eridani: And I, for one, plan on being your moleperson overlord.

    Muwahaha! #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    I have always wonder how the scientists react when finding out something they have been studying for years. Do they look at there partners and say "Look I found it".. Or do they party hard? #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/27/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: they party sensibly with girly cocktails and awkward jokes that have no punchline. sometimes they go hog wild and put up streamers in the lab #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    10/27/09

    @Bootknife-Jackson: Is this a proven fact? #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    I think it's creepy to have naked researchers molesting a rat. Oh, wait. I read it wrong. It's the rat that's naked. Even worse...

    Nonetheless, I find it difficult to believe that any animal is impervious to pain. Pain is a natural defense mechanism. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/27/09

    @Roklimber: there are some people who have malfunctioning pain receptors as well. i bet some of our more scientifically inclined io9ers could elaborate on that #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/27/09

    @Bootknife-Jackson: Malfunctioning, yes, but I'm pretty sure that any animal which does not feel pain would not survive long enough to pass its "ability" to its progeny. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/27/09

    @Roklimber: yeah it is an odd trait to have developed, and makes me curious as to what external factor could have lead them to develop it in the first place... #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    10/27/09

    @Bootknife-Jackson: A quick search revealed that they seem to be impervious to *specific* kinds of pain, namely, the burning sensation that certain mild acids and certain alkaloids (like chili pepper) produce on the skin. That's more reasonable. From the article here, it seemed that they're impervious to all kinds of pain, which I could not believe. The truth is, as I expected, that they're not.

    [www.livescience.com]
    [news.nationalgeographic.com]
    [www.mdc-berlin.de]

    "makes me curious as to what external factor could have lead them to develop it in the first place"

    The last article above provides some clues to that question. The article is in English, despite being from a German site.
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    10/28/09

    @Roklimber: I thought maybe being a group mind thing, that the Queen was constantly going 'ouch', 'ouch', as she ate her Mole Rat bonbons back in the Mole Rate Palace throne room, and her minions ran into the walls of their burrows, just to piss her off. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    10/28/09

    @Roklimber: most excellent! you sir, get the gold medal in research, and the silver medal in breakin' my heart! ....wait... #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Elizabeth Weinbloom Elizabeth Weinbloom
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    The picture book Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, by Mo Willems, is one of the best non-classic picture books I've ever read. If anyone's looking for a gift for a three-year-old... #nakedmolerat
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    They feel no pain. They have a hive mind. They are immune to cancer. So basically they are in the same family tree that leads to the Borg. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of lightninglouie lightninglouie
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    I for one welcome our naked mole rat overlords. #nakedmolerat
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    10/27/09

    In reply to Naked Mole Rats Have Anti-Cancer Superpowers
    HeLa cells also avoid defects by their use of telomerase. The cells themselves came from a very old cancerous sample, but they continue to reproduce viably so long as they have nourishment. #nakedmolerat
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