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NATURAL SELECTIONS

JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 28, 2002
Kill your television
"I know murder is a bad thing to do to society, but it was something I needed to experience."
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 21, 2002
Fundamentals of good education
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been the most vocal of European leaders in his attacks on fundamentalism, but it seems that only Islamic forms of fundamentalism are worthy targets. Christian fundamentalism -- which teaches that the world is only a few thousand years old and was made in seven days...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 14, 2002
Evolution of intelligence
Woody Allen once famously said that the brain was his second favorite organ. And it is well-established that having a big one, as with Allen's "first favorite" organ (I'm guessing he wasn't referring to his liver), confers high status on its owner.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Mar 7, 2002
Humans emerged out of Africa again and again
Everyone knows that humans came out of Africa, but until recently nobody knew that they came in at least two major waves of migration, about 600,000 and 95,000 years ago. The finding comes from a major analysis of newly derived human genetic trees, published today in Nature.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Feb 28, 2002
Tracing the evolutionary flight of the dodo
A strong contender for the title of most misunderstood animal must be the flightless dodo, the bird universally derided as fat, slow and stupid. To top it all, it's dead.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Feb 21, 2002
Living under pressure
Life, as we knew it only a few decades ago, needed sunlight and warmth. No one imagined that anything could survive in extreme environments -- in intolerable places such as high-pressure, high-temperature deep-sea vents or under Antarctic ice sheets.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Feb 14, 2002
Of arms races and sex battles
On Valentine's Day, what better subject to tackle than sex? Well, maybe love, but that's not what gets evolutionary biologists all hot and bothered. Sex is where it's at -- the battle between the sexes. Males and females interact like two superpowers engaged in an arms race -- each escalation in arms...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Feb 7, 2002
Hypersexual farming
Humans have practiced selective breeding for thousands of years to develop plants, animals and fungi better suited for human use than they are in their natural states. No genetic engineering is required, yet the genes of selected strains are different, "improved." Even people opposed to genetic modification...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jan 31, 2002
The virgin birth of stem cells
Parthenogenesis -- when eggs develop into embryos without being fertilized by sperm -- occurs in some insects and reptiles. There is a persistent report that a virgin birth once took place in humans, but this should be regarded as mythical.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jan 24, 2002
What was eating away at Judea's King Herod?
Herod the Great, King of Judea, died more than 2,000 years ago, in 4 B.C. He is remembered, among other things, for ordering the Massacre of the Innocents, the systematic execution of baby boys in Bethlehem. It was an attempt, if we are to believe biblical records, to kill the newborn Jesus.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jan 17, 2002
What webs we weave
Spiderman might still be the stuff of comic books, but spidermammals exist, and they are this week the stuff of science journals.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Dec 27, 2001
2001: Science's top 10
In a year when the human genome sequence was published, when biological weapons were deployed and when a primate was cloned, how do you pick the scientific highlights and lowlights? You let the scientists do it for you.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Dec 20, 2001
Extra-terrestrial squid seen in the abyss
The world's largest ecosystem? Not the Amazon rain forest, nor the Great Barrier Reef. It is the abyss.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Dec 13, 2001
When sex roles reverse
Why don't men do more to help raise their children?
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Dec 6, 2001
Female langurs get empowered
Humans are remarkable in many ways. Most of us, for example, have sex in private. Compare that to most other mammals, who will copulate in clear view of their fellows.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Nov 29, 2001
Deafness givin' them good vibrations
The Italians got it right about some of the important things in life, like olive oil and coffee. But they got it right about something else, too, something that brain researchers have only just realized. The Italian for "to hear," sentire, is the same (in its reflexive form) as the verb "to touch," (sentirse)....
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Nov 22, 2001
Wise words from Earth's defenders
Most of us have heard warnings that humans are destroying the Earth and all that lives on it since we were toddlers. So much so that the message has lost its urgency. More than that, we've become cynical. What good can we do when in the United States, for example, every bill aimed at cutting back on...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Nov 15, 2001
Scent of a stickleback
We all know why we find certain people attractive and want to form relationships with them. Those special people might be more than usually compassionate, intelligent or funny -- or might be physically well-endowed in some way. And neurologists know which areas of the brain become active when we meet...
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Nov 8, 2001
All the leaves are brown -- anyone know why?
In Japan, the beauty of leaves in autumn is revered with almost religious fervor. Part of the autumn weather forecast is devoted to showing the "leaf front" as the color change in trees moves across the country. Millions of tourists travel to marvel at the display.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Nov 1, 2001
These dreams are made of . . . what?
Ever had a sleepless night before an exam, cramming in the things you didn't learn in time? Even after 40 hours without sleep, it is still possible to disgorge crammed information. But remember those facts a week later? Forget it.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.
How to tweak your diet when temperatures spike
Most people think of hydration as a strictly liquid-based concept, but eating foods with high water content is an essential part of making it through a Japanese summer unscathed.

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