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| Algorithm helps beat human Go players | 08 Mar 2007 22:58 GMT | 6 |
SCIENCE NEWS February 21, 2007 Algorithm helps computers beat human Go players E-mail Print Link RSS del.icio.us
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| The Central Failure of Evolutionary Psychology (compared to the Essentially Prudent Theorizing that I call EPT) | 06 Mar 2007 18:44 GMT | 4 |
This edititorial [http://scienceweek.com/editorials.htm] makes a very good point: January 16, 2007 History Denied: The Central Failure of Evolutionary Psychology
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| Population bottleneck 70,000 years ago | 06 Mar 2007 18:44 GMT | 3 |
I saw a program the other day that claimed there was a drastic reduction of the human population about 70,000 years ago. It was determined from the less than expected amount of present variation in mitochondrial DNA. The conclusion was that a cataclysm selected a small portion of ...
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| Steering our own evolution | 05 Mar 2007 18:57 GMT | 6 |
"Healthy and viable mice that survive until adulthood have, for the first time, been cloned from adult stem cells. Scientists from Rockefeller University, including Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator Elaine Fuchs, used cells called keratinocyte [skin] stem
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| Extragenetic hereditary? | 05 Mar 2007 18:57 GMT | 2 |
The question about cellulose digestion and microrganisms was prompted by the following quote: "Not all replication is genetic replication; not all inheritance is mediated through gene lineages. One clear example is the nongenetic
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| Cellulose digestion | 01 Mar 2007 18:52 GMT | 3 |
I'm doing some ruminating about extragenetic hereditary mechanisms and I need some quick questions answered about cellulose digestion and animals that use it. I don't have time to google for the answers. The two animals I'm using as examples right now are cattle and termites,
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