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Papaya sex change in the works
- 8 Hours ago
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An effort is underway to perform sex changes on papayas. That's right -- the large, yellowish fruit. Papayas, it turns out, have not just one but three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite. The third
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Anthropology loses a pioneer
- 100 Minutes ago
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After weeks crossing the high seas, Claude Levi-Strauss breathed in his first lungful of the New World, a perfume tinged with pepper or tobacco. The sensory awakening was the start of a journey that turned
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Space junk buzzes station as astronauts sleep
- 8 Hours ago
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A small chunk of space trash made an uncomfortably close pass by the International Space Station late Friday, but not close enough to force the astronauts aboard to take shelter in their Russian lifeboats.
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Lvi-Strauss, father of modern anthropology, dies at 100
- 23 Hours ago
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Charlot Zahra The renowned French anthropologist Claude Lvi-Strauss, best known as the father of the Structuralist School of Anthropology, died yesterday at the venerable age of 100. His death was announced
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Why some sleep better than others
- 11/7/2009
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Sleep apnea, which affects an estimated 12 million Americans, causes arrested or shallow breathing during the night. (iStock)Out of more than 700 participants in a particular study, two people stood out.
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'Last of the great anthropologists'
- 11/5/2009
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'He was the last of the greats, the last of the great anthropologists who had a worldwide view,' said Marshall Sahlins, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Chicago in Illinois. From
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ABC Online
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Noted anthropologist Levi-Strauss recalled
- 11/5/2009
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'He was the last of the greats, the last of the great anthropologists who had a worldwide view,' said Marshall Sahlins, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Chicago in Illinois. From
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London commuters baffled by sex on tannoy
- 11/6/2009
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Commuters at West Ham station were shocked on Thursday night when, instead of the usual messages about delays, the sounds of a couple having sexual intercourse was broadcast over the tannoy. 8 Passengers
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Anthropologist recalled as 'poet's soul'
- 11/4/2009
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'He was the last of the greats, the last of the great anthropologists who had a worldwide view,' said Marshall Sahlins, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Chicago in Illinois. From
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The Many Mysteries of Neanderthals (LiveScience.com)
- 15 Hours ago
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Editor's Note: This is Part 6 in a 10-part LiveScience series on the origin, evolution and future of the human species and the mysteries that remain to be solved. We are currently the only human species
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Childhood Brain Cancer Causes Other Long-Term Problems
- 23 Hours ago
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MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood brain cancer survivors have ongoing cognitive problems and achieve lower levels of education, employment and income than their siblings and survivors of other
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Qatar set to lead in stem cell research
- 11/7/2009
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Qatar is poised to emerge as a major centre for embryonic stem cell research, one of the most advanced and highly controversial fields of medical studies.
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