Mutagenesis isn’t new: Breeders have relied on it for decades to produce thousands of varieties of lettuce, oats, rice, and other crops. Pharma-chem companies sell high volumes of mutant breeds, ranging from wheat to sunflowers, in markets that reject genetically engineered seeds. It just doesn’t sound very nice and might even be a dangerous idea. …
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The “Syndrome of Disavowed Yearning”
It’s a weird idea, but something about disavowed and yearning had some truth in it. Sometimes you wonder if celebrities and successful people are happy. Sometimes it is easy to wonder if it is possible to have friends when someone is so popular or attractive. Life must be intense. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to imagine …
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You are what you eat.
It is really not easy to keep that trim figure of youth. In fact, often it disappears under th e rolls much earlier than you’ld like. I’m carrying an extra 10kg which I want to get rid of, but it’s hard. I’ve got to move more and I’m getting better at knowing what I’m putting …
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Doping lasts a lifetime. So should disclosure and cheating bans.
Research published in the Journal of Physiology shows that the benefits of steroid doping remain for life. Muscles retain a memory of what they did so that after a period of inactivity, when they are trained again they bounce back in to shape. The same behaviour is found in muscles of people who are more …
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What men really want.
It doesn’t hurt to ask the question “What do men really want?”, especially since wondering about “What women want“. A couple of articles seemed to shed some light on how men think (Doh!). Not 100% right for everyone, all the time, but a step in the right direction of knowing yourself. There’s pop psychology like …
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What women want. Love, desire and … something else.
It has always seemed that heterosexual relationships are fraught with tension that is stimulating when young and dissipates with age. Maybe that is because we are giving each other different signals, interpreting them differently or just because we want different things. It has always seemed that “guys just want sex” is a fair generalisation, and …
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Sadly, evidence proves privilege breeds corruption.
It is convenient to assume that people without resources are prone to unethical behaviour, especially if you’ve got lots of stuff. You might imagine that someone who lives in a cardboard box is likely to steal, simply because they need to eat. But the opposite is true. If you’ve got the stuff, prepared to be …
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Time, money, self-reflection and morality.
A recent paper Time, Money and Morality reviewed in The Economist (Time is not money) offered insight into human behaviour that could help make the world a better place. Authors Francesca Gino of Harvard and Cassie Mogilner of the University of Pennsylvania report the results of studies that show that people primed to think about …
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Ocean conditions are ripe for mass extinction
As the government of the richest country in the world bickers over whether or not to give basic healthcare to poor people, the world is dying. The International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) warns of multiple threats the oceans are facing. Overfishing. Too much CO2. Fertiliser run-off coming from rivers. Basically too …
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Deepak Chopra on putting together good teams.
Chopra on good teams. He hits all the right buttons: Since my life’s work has always focused on self-awareness and well being, I have made those two attributes the criterion for people I want to work with. In my course, The Soul of Leadership, I advise employers not only to get references and bios from …
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