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Like most scientific studies, the Science paper highlights what researchers don't yet know: the interplay of genes, dopamine and the process of learning is still mostly a mystery, and researchers are hesitant to guess how this particular genotype really affects any given individual - or that having it would even be a bad thing. "Under certain circumstances it might be positive [for a person] to ignore negative feedback and to persevere," says Ullsperger. Soldiering on in the face of setbacks, after all, is a key ingredient for success. In the end, these new findings may well be one of many...
...guess I was lucky.' MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN, Sri Lankan spin bowler, on bowling out English batsman Paul Collingwood. The feat took place during a match in Muralitharan's hometown of Kandy, making the bowler the greatest wicket taker in Test cricket, with Collingwood his 709th victim
...Andrew Cherlin, a sociology professor at Johns Hopkins University, speculates, "For most people, two is enough because there are so many other competing ways to spend your time and money. People prefer to have fewer kids and invest more in them. My guess is the wealthy are having more because they enjoy children, and they have the time and resources to raise them well. They don't have to make those trade-offs...
HANKS Let me tell you, if there's a movie called Charlie Wilson's War, guess who I want to play? [Laughter.] If it was called Wee Willy Winky, I want to play Wee Willy Winky. I can't help it. I am selfish in this manner. What--Phil's going to play...
...going to go ahead and just be honest and say that I’ve never heard of that country.” 2. What’s the deepest lake in the world? Tony D. Qian ’08: “This would just be a guess...maybe the Dead Sea. That’s a guess, it’s probably wrong.” 3. Can you spell appoggiatura, the 2005 Scripps National Spelling Bee’s winning word? Rocksheng Zhong...