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...protein, called DUF1220, found in areas of the brain associated with higher cognitive function. The gene comes in multiple copies in a wide range of primates--but, the scientists found, humans carry the most copies. African great apes have substantially fewer copies, and the number found in more distant kin--orangutans and Old World monkeys--drops off even more...
...follows the socially acceptable compromise path.For example, last summer’s immigration protests were hailed as the equivalent of the civil rights movement for latinos, but there was no Martin Luther King Jr. to lead the movement. Why? Because the leaders of the immigration movement were too distant from the lives that they were trying to serve. Most of the leaders were either born here or had lived in the U.S. for years. Having worked up to the top of the ladder, they were then trying to turn around and lead a population that they couldn?...
...she’s “a shade of grey,” and her sudden death, which Pessl reveals in the first chapter, catalyzes a series of peculiar events. We follow Blue as she Nancy Drews around campus, collecting specimens from her past and the not-so-distant pasts of others in efforts to unravel the twisted circumstances surrounding the fatality...
...between parents and children is widening. Mothers with old faces and young children are now a common sight on the high street. The average age of women giving birth in the E.U. hovers at just below 30, up from 27.4 in 1991. That average falls between two distant poles: teenage pregnancies, which continue to rise in several countries, and a swelling contingent of graying progenitrices. In Spain, 13% of first-time mothers are over 40. In the U.K., the number of first-time mothers over 35 has trebled in 15 years. And medical techniques are extending the age at which...
...quite filling, you shouldn’t miss dessert. Try any one of the cakes and pies, and you will wonder why you have been going to pricey Finale for so long. Here are my suggestions to match your food personality. The Comfort-Food Craver: With freshman week a distant memory, you have now realized that the party you thought college would be is over. With early morning studying still ahead, you’re in search of something that will abate your stress and put you into a catatonic state of fullness. Consider one of Zoe?...