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The paper offers new insight into an evolutionary conundrum posited in 1986 by Daniel Vining Jr. of the University of Pennsylvania in the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Vining pointed out that in contemporary societies, rich couples have the same number (and often fewer) kids than poor ones. The article...
Take her first and only loss of the season, for example. It took a four-hit pitching gem from UNC Greensboro starter Hannah Angel last Tuesday to beat the Crimson ace. Though not one to make excuses, Brown pointed to fatigue as a possible reason for the loss. Ever the...
Edward Green, the director of the Harvard AIDS Prevention Research Project and senior research scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health, drew attention last week when he agreed with Pope Benedict XVI’s statement that the answer to the African AIDS crisis lies in the promotion of...
Yet, as primatologists pointed out, the attack power of a frustrated wild animal should have come as no surprise. Primatologist Jane Goodall noted, “Chimpanzees evolved in the tropical forests of Africa, and that’s where they’re suited to live, roaming in groups...
Though he spoke of the cooperation of the world's nations in addressing the credit crisis, Obama also applied some pointed pressure on major economic powers, including nations in Europe and Asia, that have yet to commit to sizable stimulus programs. "We don't want a situation in which some...