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September 2006
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Find out what evolution has done to our ideas of what makes you sexy, from symmetry, to smell, to waist-hip ratio and how you boogie on the dance floor.
By Nick Aktinson
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Match 'n' Sniff: The MHC T-Shirt Conundrum
Evolutionary psychologist William Brown and senior editor Brendan Maher discuss the results of our online dancing survey.
Why what your grandmother ate while
pregnant with your mother might affect your children?s health, and
other findings from the growing field of nutrigenomics.
By Kate Travis
Related Articles:
NuGO: A Vision for Nutrigenomics Collaboration A Genetic Diet, By the Numbers Web Extras: Interactive: A Genetic Diet, By the Numbers In our September 13 podcast, reporter Kate Travis speaks with Patrick Stover of Cornell University about the promise and implications of bringing nutrigenomics to market. |
A glut of postdocs, too few desired positions, and a faculty invested in the status quo point to a need for change. Who will take responsibility?
By Bijal Trivedi
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Editorial: Are We Training Too Many Scientists? Blog entry: A scientist hits the streets looking for work How will tissue engineering tackle its most formidable challenge, mimicking nature? The result could be much more readily available tissue transplants.
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ARE WE TRAINING TOO MANY SCIENTISTS? It?s time to come to grips with how we?re misleading and hurting young aspiring researchers.
By Richard Gallagher A nasty mother; The trouble with databases
Cloning in Iran; Clinical Trials in India; Science and Politics; Modern Mendels
By Bill Sharfman
THE BIGFOOT SCIENCE CONFERENCE By David Secko
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FLATULENCE By Stephen Pincock
By Vicki Brower
THE DEATH OF THE SCIENTIFIC PAPER The scientific manuscript as we know it has outlived its usefulness. Here's what we need to do to move forward.By Michael Seringhaus and Mark Gerstein
Scientists must learn lessons from Dr. Death to prevent a war over tissue engineering.
By Glenn McGee Should we repatriate wild-caught animals? And are some animals more equal than others?
By Jack Woodall Ajit Varki came to the States to hear 1970's superbands; he stayed to do super glycobiology research.
By Karen Hopkin EXPANDING THE RANKS OF VERTEBRATE GENOMES Why filling in evolutionary blanks is just the first task for the rat and chicken genomes.
By Ishani Ganguli HOW VIRUSES INTERFERE WITH INTERFERON By Charles Q. Choi
By Juhi Yajnik
REGULATORY T CELLS TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT By Charles Q. Choi
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