Study finds taller people are more politically conservative
If you want to predict which political party someone will support, take note of the person's height.
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Enhancing understanding of genetic regulation
Our understanding of genetic regulation would be improved by better knowledge of regulatory elements known as enhancers, which are not located alongside the genes they control. In a recent paper published in Briefings in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 16, 2016
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Fewer low clouds in the tropics
With the help of satellite data, ETH scientists have shown that low-level cloud cover in the tropics thins out as the earth warms. Since this cloud cover has a cooling effect on the climate, the two-degree warming target ...
Environment
Aug 16, 2016
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Vienna zoo hails rare birth of tiny giant panda twins
A giant panda on loan from China to Austria has given birth to two naturally conceived twins, an exceptionally rare event for the endangered species, Vienna's famous Schoenbrunn Zoo said Tuesday.
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2016
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Will our black hole eat the Milky Way?
Want to hear something cool? There's a black hole at the center of the Milky Way. And not just any black hole, it's a supermassive black hole with more than 4.1 million times the mass of the Sun.
Astronomy
Aug 16, 2016
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Tagish Lake meteorite may have come from Kuiper belt
(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers is suggesting that a meteorite retrieved from the surface of a frozen lake in Canada may have come from the Kuiper belt—which if true, would be the first to be so identified. In their ...
The cat-and-mouse game of blocking digital ads
If you were using Facebook on a desktop last week, you may have noticed that your ad-blocking software was being blocked. That was a move by Facebook, which said it was updating its approach to ad blocking while also expanding ...
Internet
Aug 16, 2016
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With 300 teeth, duck-billed dinosaurs would have been dentist's dream
Imagine how much dental care you'd need if you had 300 or more teeth packed together on each side of your mouth.
Archaeology
Aug 16, 2016
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Researchers identify a gene that causes male Drosophila to produce different courtship songs
For decades, pinpointing the precise relationship between genes and behavior has been notoriously tricky for biologists. But now, Janelia Research Campus scientists have devised new strategies to drill down into this link. ...
Biotechnology
Aug 16, 2016
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At work, hierarchies draw narcissist job hunters
People who have narcissistic tendencies are more likely to support hierarchies, according to research by Emily M. Zitek, ILR School assistant professor, and Alexander H. Jordan.
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