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Every biologist knows that females spend a lot of energy making a small number of eggs, while males churn out huge quantities of sperm almost effortlessly. Not so, says a scientist who has studied the sex life of a worm no bigger than an apostrophe. Male soil nematodes that copulate a lot -- and thus produce a lot of sperm -- live only two-thirds as long as fellow worms that copulate but don't make sperm, according to a report in Nature. University of Arizona researcher Wayne Van Voorhies warns that it may be a mistake to make the leap from...
...others in urging me to help assemble a body of international observers to ensure that honest elections are held as scheduled in December. This is an encouraging sign that often delayed plans for multiparty democracy will be completed. Togo will soon become the third African country to mount Guinea-worm eradication programs in all endemic villages...
Square residents called drumming "a worm on the brain" and complained about its effects on mental health. But street musicians complained of cultural elitism, bias and censorship, and warned that when percussion is suppressed, the Square's eclectic atmosphere will dampen...
Square residents called drumming "a worm on the brain" and complained about its effects on mental health. But street musicians complained of cultural elitism, bias and censorship, and warned that when percussion is suppressed, the Square's eclectic atmosphere will dampen...
Harvard Square residents say they will gain peace and quiet in their homes if the Council lowers the acceptable decibel levels. As it is, one resident complained, the drumming is like "a worm on the brain," which "over time can kind of affect some one's mental health...