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This is real. Girls learn to read before boys, get better marks in college, and even their brain contains more gray matter. Moreover, boys are medically clearly weaker than girls, as showed by a new research carried out by a team at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Southern California, and published ...

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What does Latino mean? A new genetic analysis published in the online journal PLoS Genetics explains: 50% White from the father's side and 50% Amerindian or Black from the mother's side. The research investigated the ancestry across Latin America and even if a significant differentiation between regions was...

25 March 2008
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New Horny Mexican Dinosaur

One of the most familiar dinosaur images is that of the veggie horned rhino called ceratopsid dinosaur. A new member has been added to this gallery: a Mexican species with large neck frill and three giant horns that lived on a lush beach environment 72 Ma ago (in the Late Cretaceous). The species was found in Coahuil...

28 March 2008
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Crusaders Had Sex With the Natives

Those thousands of knights went to the Middle East during the 11th-13th centuries to free the Holy Land from the hands of the Muslims, but despite their religiosity, they found some moments to have some hanky-panky. In the end, their wives from England, France, Germany and Italy were far away and many ended mixing wi...

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The Heart Does not Affect Sexual Satisfaction in Women

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29 March 2008
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The Genetic Bases of Sex and a First Anti-Malaria Vaccine

This is a breakthrough in explaining egg fecundation and a research that could help us fight against many deadly bugs. A team made of researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center and Imperial College London has described the basic gene mechanism of reproduction, in a research published online in the journal "Genes...

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The Best Hormonal Formula for Male Contraceptive Pills

In a world where women take more control of their lives, men get more involved in the contraception process. That's why the male pill may not be such a weird issue soon. Hormonal contraception could be a safer, more effective and reversible method of male birth control compared to other methods (like vasectomy, ...

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Silicon Implants to Make You Taller

Men can do the most stupid things to look taller, from silly high hairdos to horrible heeled shoes. Now they have an alternative: the two-inch (5 cm) silicon head implant. This technique has been developed by a cosmetic surgeon in Spain, as signaled by the 'Daily Mail'. Dr Luis de la Cruz, 47, of the Clinic...

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Grief Can Kill You

We often see this in the movies (or not only), but science proves it to be real. The commemoration of the death of a beloved person can kill you suddenly, especially if you are a man. Sudden death, in most cases triggered by arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat), can happen unexpectedly and often in less than one hour fol...

31 March 2008
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The Origin of Zero

We are so accustomed with seeing the perfect circle, the zero that we cannot imagine it had to be invented. In fact, the invention of zero was a real revolution. Imagine how the Romans made calculations. For example, when building a villa, how much did they have to pay for 18 rows of 44 poles of 12 sexterts (Roman co...

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