hbd chick
human biodiversity. aka human biological variation. people(s) are different. and that's ok! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ tweet/rt/like/follow ≠ endorsement.
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Incestuous couple jailed for killing sons and plotting to murder other children
An incestuous couple who murdered their two teenage sons and plotted to kill four other children have been told they will serve a minimum of 35 years behind bars.
Ebola vaccine approved in Europe, in landmark moment for global health
The European Commission granted marketing authorization to Merck’s vaccine, giving the world for the first time an approved vaccine against Ebola.
Ireland fined €5m plus penalties over Galway wind farm
The State has been fined €5m over its failure to assess the environmental impact of a wind farm in south Co Galway.
hbd chick
oh, dear.
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How to Tell if the Apple Card Is Really Biased Against Women
“The larger point is that it’s unaccountable and opaque, and Apple doesn’t really care.”
Mechanisms of scent-tracking in humans
Mechanisms of scent-tracking in humans
Uber CEO Regrets Calling Murder of Saudi Journalist a ‘Mistake’
Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said he regretted calling the murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi a “mistake” in a recent video interview.
History as a giant data set: how analysing the past could help save the future
The long read: Calculating the patterns and cycles of the past could lead us to an objective version of history. Could it also help us prevent a looming crisis?
A century ago America saved millions of Russians from starvation
The story of “The Russian Job” contradicts the bellicose histories preferred in both countries
Can baijiu, China’s sorghum firewater, go global?
An ancient liquor tries to follow vodka and tequila
Fanged mouse-deer identified after vanishing for a generation
A small group of silver-backed chevrotains, tiny deer-like creatures, has been photographed in a Vietnamese forest after an intense search.
AI can predict if you'll die soon – but we've no idea how it works
Artificial intelligence can predict a person’s chances of dying within a year by looking at heart test results, but doctors can't work out what patterns it’s picking up
The book of revelation
Discomfiting last words from an icon of evolutionary biology.
hbd chick
"the evolutionary biologist's Harry Potter." (O.O)
The Collected Papers of W. D. Hamilton: Narrow Roads of Gene Land. Volume 2: Evolution of Sex
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The smart arms of the octopus
Why cephalopods may be far more intelligent than we think
Fossil ape hints at how walking on two feet evolved
Ancient ape fossil reveals a previously unknown form of locomotion.
PopAffiliator: estimating origin with forensic autosomal STRs
Anders Pålsen alerts me to PopAffiliator , a neat little tool that guesses the origin of a sample from one of several major population grou...
How genocide wiped out a Native American population
Crushed leg bones, battered skulls and other mutilated human remains are likely all that's left of a Native American population destroyed by genocide that took place circa 800 A.D., suggests a new study.
hbd chick
How geocide wiped out a Native American population nbcnews.com/id/39268873/ns… via @msnbc
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Sex-specific genetic effects across biomarkers
Sex differences have been shown in laboratory biomarkers; however, the extent to which this is due to genetics is unknown. In this study, we infer sex-specific genetic parameters (heritability and genetic correlation) across 33 quantitative...
Dramatic looking weather rolls in at Sleeping Bear Dunes
Viewer captures incredible weather video.
The Mediterranean Sea of America
The map above shows just how big the United States is or just how big the Mediterranean Sea is depending on your perspective.
Hvaldimir Foundation
Today was an amazing day to be able to see first hand the positive evolution of Hvaldimir’s situation. Thanks to the help of dedicated observers, supporters, and friends of the Hvaldimir Foundation,...