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Children of centenarians live longer, have lower risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study appearing in the November issue of Journal of American Geriatrics Society revealed that centenarian offspring (children of parents who lived to be at least 97 years old) retain important cardiovascular advant ...





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Researchers identify personality traits

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine's (BUSM) New England Centenarian Study have noted specific personality traits associated with healthy aging and longevity amongst the children of centenarians. The work ...


Here's One Inheritance You Don't Want

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- If your mother smoked during her pregnancy, you are more likely to be addicted to nicotine as a young adult.


Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy, early childhood more likely to smoke as adults

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy and their early childhood years may be predisposed to take up smoking as teens and young adults, compounding the physical damage they sustained from the smoke exposure.


When Being a Cuckold Makes Evolutionary Sense

When Being a Cuckold Makes Evolutionary Sense

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolutionary biology theory predicts that males usually won't invest a lot of time raising offspring when there is a good chance they are not the fathers. Yale University researchers have ...


Bisphenol A exposure in pregnant mice permanently changes DNA of offspring

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Exposure during pregnancy to the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, found in many common plastic household items, is known to cause a fertility defect in the mother's offspring in animal studies, and now researchers have found ...


Mate selection: How does she know he'll take care of the kids?

Mate selection: How does she know he'll take care of the kids?

Biology / Other

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Throughout the animal kingdom brilliant colors or elaborate behavioral displays serve as "advertisements" for attracting mates. But, what do the ads promise, and is there truth in advertizing? Researchers ...


Mother knows best: Females control sperm storage to pick the best father

Mother knows best: Females control sperm storage to pick the best father

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have found new evidence to explain how female insects can influence the father of their offspring, even after mating with up to ten males. A team from the University of Exeter has ...


Variable Temperatures Leave Insects wtih a Frosty Reception

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists at The University of Western Ontario have shown that insects exposed to repeated periods of cold will trade reproduction for immediate survival.


Female choice benefits mothers more than offspring

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

The great diversity of male sexual traits, ranging from peacock's elaborate train to formidable genitalia of male seed beetles, is the result of female choice. But why do females choose among males? In a new study published ...


Homebound Termites Answer 150-Year-Old Evolution Question

Homebound Termites Answer 150-Year-Old Evolution Question

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Staying at home may have given the very first termite youngsters the best opportunity to rule the colony when their parents were killed by their neighbors. This is according to new research ...



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