Top Items About Biology

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TriviaA mother's stress may affect her child's sex

A boy or a girl? That is usually the first question asked when a woman gives birth. Remarkably, the answer varies with...

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QuotesJohn McCain on wasteful Congressional spending

"The president [George W

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TriviaTrivia about Science, Pain and Biology

Pain travels through your body at 350 feet per second.

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Triviablood vessels.. mileage

Stretched end to end, the blood vessels (arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins) in a single human body...

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TriviaStudy: Curvy women are brighter and live longer

"It was already known that men find curvy women more attractive and that they live longer. Now research suggests that...

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TriviaWhy animals sometimes eat their offspring

"Most likely, your mother nurtured you for years and you never worried that when you came home from kindergarten,...

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TriviaTrivia about Biology, Escapes and Rocks

The chuckwalla lizard escapes pursuers by crawling into a crack in a rock and inflating its body with air so that it...

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TriviaArtificial illumination and circadian disruption may cause cancer

The twenty-four-hour day/night cycle, which is also known as the circadian clock, influences physiological processes in...

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AnecdotesCan fear be switched off using receptors in the brain?

In November 2007, University of Tokyo researchers working with mice reported the results of a curious experiment....

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AnecdotesYoung Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin`s curiosity manifested itself at an early age. Indeed, young Darwin once lost a girlfriend because he...

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