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more about #madgenomics pixysix: For the record, I love the gay community. I lived on Davie street in Vancouver for three years and it's a very endearing community. I just want to cla... more » Jackrabbit6179: Here's an interesting thought: "To reduce reproductive success of competitors." So, as a gay man, I'm part of "nature's" birth control? Given the ra... more » Klebert L. Hall: A lot of it is probably just epiphenomenal. Not everything has to happen for an evolutionarily important reason. Plenty of animals masturbate, too - ... more » korybing: Agree with this chart or not, we all have to admit that those are some sassy human silhouettes. I've always found this sort of research extremely int... more » NotChoinski: Just admit it. Orange chromide chiclids are lazy sluts. more » firstofnormalin: "..always excellent New Scientist..." NO! New Scientist is the Sun of online science mags. Between "Darwin Was Wrong!" and the Magnetic Universe koo... more » DrMathochist: Wait, which genes in particular are these they cite in humans? Can someone link me to reports on "a single copy of a gene promotes survival, but two ... more » NerD: Blattella: This just proves scientifically that dolphins are perverts. more » cadrina: "the idea that certain genes somehow increase fitness in individuals who possess a single copy of them but are associated with same-sex behaviour in p... more » hwilam: This chart is great! Wait... "Provide resources to siblings?" How? (please help! we've been arguing this for a while now and can't figure it out!) more » kagekiri: I thought the idea of homosexuality becoming the social norm in "The Forever War" was pretty interesting, but I hadn't realized they narrowed down the... more » MonkeyT: "always excellent New Scientist", well, if you're into speculative fiction, that fits. If you actually want science, it's more like 60%-70% excellent... more » lightninglouie: I'm sure Orson Scott Card is hard at work right now on a story about a group of plucky preadolescent adventurers working to stamp out homosexuality th... more » Klebert L. Hall: You know, there really aren't very many monkeys, and there's over six billion of us... Not to mention that we have speech and technology, and have sh... more » Bootknife-Jackson: sweet, i'll sign up for that trial! so i'll be susceptible to even the tiniest of infection, so what, i'll just flex the infection out through my pore... more » evan7257: So you'd have to attach it to a virus that can infect you, even without immunosuppressants. Did somebody say SuperAIDS? Marauding hoards of superstron... more » botanicidal: Forget Planet of the Apes, one more injection, and we may be dying by the sounds of, "KAH-MAY-HAH-MAY-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" more » BoomingEchoes: no no no no no no no no no.. First they figure out what they need to do to make monkeys talk now this?! Monkey's are already strong enough! This does... more » ♠ Final ♠: Just take away their hands so they can't use our firearms against us. What do you mean they can shoot with their feet? more » SilverBlade2k: This sounded good until " immunosuppressant drugs are a necessary component of the therapy". No..freaking..way more » -
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Charting the Possible Evolution of Same-Sex Liaisons
Same-sex sexual behavior has evolved multiple times in various animals, including mammals, birds, fish, and even insects. Researchers are increasingly finding that the reasons such behaviors evolved are as varied as the animals themselves. More » -
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Gene Therapy Creates Superstrong Monkeys
It's not quite a supersoldier serum, but researchers have increased strength and muscle mass in monkeys with a small genetic tweak. And human trials for the technique are just on the horizon. More » -
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Fabricate Your Own DNA Evidence
DNA evidence has become the gold standard for criminal investigations, but researchers in Israel say that finding DNA at a crime scene may not be evidence of a crime, but rather the handiwork of a clever biology student. More »
