A large-scale collaborative study has identified new genetic alterations that determine how tall a person will be, and these uncommon variants could provide insight into the genetic structure of other complex features.In order to look for genetic variants linked to adult height, the researchers had to carry out a ver... |
3 January 2011
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When it comes to hairstyles and body shapes, there are few golden rules that we should all try to stick with the best we can - and apart from that, we're pretty much free to experiment with the latest trendy colors and cuts and see where our imagination and our hair stylist's skill takes us. However, there ... |
9 May 2008
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Being too short or too tall impacts your welfare, from social life to sex life. That's why, scientists are struggling to find out which are the genes that influence our height. In a research published in the journal "Nature Genetics" and made on over 35,000 subjects, an international team discovered that genes c... |
14 January 2008
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These are the extremes: the world's tallest dog Gibson (7 ft / 2.1 m tall when standing on his hind legs) has met Boo Boo (4 in / 10 cm high) the world's smallest dog in Sacramento, California for Guinness World Records Day 2007.No doubt, the Chihuahua, a dog race that has its origins in northwestern Mexico... |
9 November 2007
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This couple could spend their honey moon in a match box. Chen Guilan, the bride, is 0.7 m (2.3 ft) tall, while the groom, Li Tangyong, is 1.1 m (3.6 ft) tall. The bride has posed in her wedding dress for their wedding photo in Shunde, Guangdong Province (southeastern China) on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. The couple got... |
3 October 2007
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This will match the size of Mother Russia and the Russian thirst for big territories. Yesterday started the work on the Russia Tower, which - once finished - will become Europe's tallest building and it will be located in the heart of Moscow's business district, in the precincts of the Moscow International ... |
19 September 2007
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Bye bye, Bao! The previous holder of the title "The tallest living man", a Chinese citizen of Mongolian ethnic root, Bao Xishun, with his 2.36m (7ft 9in) height, is a dwarf compared to the new record holder. The Ukrainian man Leonid Stadnyk, 37, has been recognized as the world's tallest living person by the Gui... |
10 August 2007
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Building the world's tallest buildings seems to have become a fierce competition in the last decades. Owning it is a matter of great pride, not only for the builders - which gain a lot of fame and also a lot of money - but also for the hosting country, which will benefit from having one of the most important to... |
30 May 2007
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Naughty little devil...There is a common belief that men of below average height display more aggressiveness than their taller peers as they would try to convince the others that they are by no means less capable. The so-called "Napoleon complex" or "short man syndrome" makes 80 % of the population regard the small m... |
5 April 2007
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Now it is official: Americans have lost their first place as the tallest people on Earth. This place has been taken by the Europeans, nations like the Dutch, Norwegians, Danish and Germans presenting much higher average values.The United States have detained the height primacy for the last 200 years, as signaled by t... |
14 March 2007
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