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Fewer Black Men Than Women Vote Democrat And A PNAS Paper Suggests That May Be Because They're In Jail

Fewer Black Men Than Women Vote Democrat And A PNAS Paper Suggests That May Be Because They're In Jail

Jun 12 2023 | comment(s)

A new demography paper argues that there is a reason more black women have voted for Democrats than men have since 1980 - more black men are in jail.
CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Can Limit Agricultural Pests, But Will Environmentalists Accept Modern Science?

CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Can Limit Agricultural Pests, But Will Environmentalists Accept Modern Science?

Jun 12 2023 | comment(s)

CRISPR/Cas9 technology has led to a “homing gene drive system” based on a specific Drosophila suzukii gene called doublesex that can suppress populations of D. suzukii vinegar flies – the “spotted-wing Drosophila” that devastate soft-skinned fruit in North America, Europe and parts of South America.
Alcohol Doesn't Cause Alzheimer's Disease, But It Sure Isn't Helping Any

Alcohol Doesn't Cause Alzheimer's Disease, But It Sure Isn't Helping Any

Jun 12 2023 | comment(s)

A new study suggests alcoholism coupled with genetic susceptibility is associated with changes to gene expression indicative of disease progression in the brains of mice that are genetically predisposed to Alzheimer’s. When repeatedly exposed to intoxicating amounts of alcohol, these mice showed signs of cognitive decline approximately two months sooner than they usually would.
Male Masturbation Linked To Greater Ability For Offspring In Primates

Male Masturbation Linked To Greater Ability For Offspring In Primates

Jun 07 2023 | comment(s)

If you have been to a zoo and been around our primate evolutionary cousins with kids, you may have had an awkward moment or two. They are going to masturbate, and don't care who's watching.

A new study says more is better. The Postcopulatory Selection Hypothesis believes it helps shed low-quality semen while the The Pathogen Avoidance Hypothesis believes it may reduce the risk of contracting sexually-transmitted infections. Primates have been doing it for at least 40 million years so something keeps it going.
Endoscopy Gets The Fantastic Voyage Treatment

Endoscopy Gets The Fantastic Voyage Treatment

Jun 01 2023 | comment(s)

A traditional endoscopy, while valuable for detecting high-risk lesions, is an expensive, invasive procedure. There are ingestible cameras but are not controlled by physicians, they are just swallowed and the body does the rest.
Britain's Bubonic Plague Of 2000 BC

Britain's Bubonic Plague Of 2000 BC

May 30 2023 | comment(s)

Two cases of Yersinia pestis in human remains found in a mass burial in Charterhouse Warren in Somerset and one in a ring cairn monument in Levens in Cumbria show that the Plague may have erupted a few times in severe form across Europe, and it was even in England as far back as 2000 B.C.

In the 1960s, coronavirus was discovered as distinct from the common cold so future analyses may also find pandemics that occurred long before 2003, 2012, and 2019. 'The plague', as it became known in the Middle Ages, has previously been identified in Eurasia between during the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age, so we now know it was easily transmitted. 

Even to an island.