Nurture, not nature, helps explain helpful traitsOctober 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - If you go out of your way to help strangers in distress, it could be because of your upbringing rather than your genes, says a new study. University of California-Davis (UC-D) researchers led by Adrian V.
Songs help skylarks differentiate between neighbours and strangersAugust 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Through their songs, skylarks can differentiate between friendly neighbours and dangerous strangers, says a new study. The study, conducted by scientists at Queen Mary, University of London, showed that male skylarks learn to recognize local dialects in their neighbours' individual songs, remember where each neighbour is supposed to be and reprimand intruders who don't belong in the neighbourhood.
Variations in dogs coat types result from variations in just 3 genesAugust 27th, 2009 Three genes combine for 7 coat types in dogsWASHINGTON — From short to shaggy, nearly all the differences in dogs' coat types result from variations in just three genes, according to researchers studying how genes work together. "What's important for human health is the way we found the genes involved in dog coats and figured out how they work together, rather than the genes themselves," said Dr.
Seattle Genetics plans stock sale worth $106.6 million based on Monday's closeAugust 11th, 2009 Seattle Genetics plans to sell sharesBOTHELL, Wash. —Biotechnology company Seattle Genetics Inc.
Why we empathise less with people of other racesJuly 2nd, 2009 LONDON - People often fail to empathise with strangers' pain, if they belong to a different race than their own, and now a study has revealed what underlies this tendency. In an imaging study of Chinese and Caucasian people, it was found that the participants' brains respond less strongly to the pain of strangers whose ethnicity is different when compared with strangers of their own race.
AIG, General Mills, MetroPCS, Myriad Genetics are among big market movers WednesdayJuly 1st, 2009 AIG, General Mills, MetroPCS are big moversNEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:
NYSE:
American International Group Inc., down $5.12 at $18.08
At the battered insurers annual meeting Tuesday, investors approved a reverse 20-for-1 stock split meant to boost the share price. OshKosh Corp., up $3.89 at $18.43
The specialty vehicle maker beat out three rivals for an Army order of 2,244 bomb-resistant vehicles worth $1.06 billion.
Your birthplace dictates your taste preferencesJune 19th, 2009 LONDON - Your birthplace not only decides your accent but also what you like to eat and drink, a new study has shown. If scientists from the University of Nottingham are to be believed, people's culinary preferences could be broken down like regional accents and are highly dependent on an area's history.
Obamas are changing world's food culture, says food and wine expertJune 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are changing the world's food culture, says food and wine expert Ted Allen. Allen, 44, had been the food and wine expert on Bravo's "Queer Eye", and he now hosts two programs on the Food Network, "Chopped" and "Food Detectives".
History, geography also seem to shape our genomeJune 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - History and geography shape our genome, according to a new study. The movements of humans within and among continents, expansions and contractions of populations and vagaries of genetic chance, have influenced the distribution of genetic variations.
Bodies of three dozen Incas sacrificed in gruesome ritual found in PeruJune 5th, 2009 LONDON - Archaeologists in Peru have discovered the remains of nearly three dozen people sacrificed some 600 years ago in a gruesome ritual by the Incan civilization. The bodies, some of which show signs of having been cut along their necks and collarbones, were otherwise found in good condition, Carlos Webster, who is leading excavations at the Chotuna-Chornancap camp, told the Telegraph.
Scientists unravel how smallpox virus sabotages our immune systemMay 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers are closing in on how smallpox virus go about their deadly business of sabotaging our immune system. These findings may reveal as much about our immune system as they do about one of the world's most feared pathogens.
Scientists unravel how smallpox virus sabotages our immune systemMay 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers are closing in on how smallpox virus go about their deadly business of sabotaging our immune system. These findings may reveal as much about our immune system as they do about one of the world's most feared pathogens.
How smallpox affects human immune systemMay 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists from University of Florida have shed light on how small pox affects immune system. The research team have come across a particular interaction between the proteins produced by smallpox virus in concert with human proteins that disables one of the body's first responders to injury - inflammation.
Common genes could explain alcohol, nicotine, cocaine addictionsMarch 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers may be honing in on specific genes tied to all types of addictions and finding that some of the same genes associated with alcohol dependence are also closely linked with addictions to nicotine, cocaine, opoids, heroin and other substances. Addiction experts at the Universities of Virginia (UV) and Michigan have presented new insights into the significant progress made within the last several years in understanding the genetics of addiction.
'Greed plunged current economy into global crisis'January 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Greed may have plunged the current economy into global crisis, for which both individual and increasingly materialistic culture are to blame. 'America has an economic system set up to create the kind of mess we've seen recently,' said social psychologist Tim Kasser, Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois.
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