Word: hairlessness
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...soon died. The gene, known as fosB, is probably activated by the sight and smell of baby mice and sets off a host of other chemical and behavioral reactions. Mouse mothers with the fosB gene will hunker down over their young within a minute or two to keep the hairless little mice warm and fed. Humans have the fosB gene too, but it is far to early to tell what effect it has on mothering behavior. "Genetics does have an influence on human behavior," says TIME's Christine Gorman. "But a great deal of what we do is a matter...
...soon died. The gene, known as fosB, is probably activated by the sight and smell of baby mice and sets off a host of other chemical and behavioral reactions. Mouse mothers with the fosB gene will hunker down over their young within a minute or two to keep the hairless little mice warm and fed. Humans have the fosB gene too, but it is far to early to tell what effect it has on mothering behavior. "Genetics does have an influence on human behavior," says TIME's Christine Gorman. "But a great deal of what we do is a matter...
Many of these people claim to have encountered small, hairless, large-eyed gray creatures, which kidnapped them and in many cases stole sperm and egg samples. The book, published last April, focuses on 13 specific alleged alien encounters...
Since the late '80s, Freud's work has become more audacious in its ability to deal with extremes of physical presence without sliding into caricature. In part this is due to his finding a new model in the form of Leigh Bowery, a huge, soft, hairless, child-faced, pierced-cheeked performance artist who might, in earlier days, have modeled Bacchuses for Rubens. Freud's paintings of this man-mountain are done in a spirit not far from amazement: his + excitement in traversing Bowery's back in Naked Man, Back View, 1991-92, is so palpable that you'd think...
...Fenerlis knows, the baseball hat has many purposes. The inside of a cap can offer a haven to shield the hairless or those who have become follicularly challenged. Khoi T. Luu '94 says he has been wearing a baseball hat recently to cover his mostly barren head...