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Science and Technology links (December 29th, 2017)

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  1. I hear the older brother’s statistic some time ago. I recall it having to do with some cumulative increase of a hormone. It also perhaps make’s evolutionary sense. You have enough sons. Time for a more focused creative offspring.

    1. jld says:

      Hmmm…
      So gays are “more focused creative”?
      Any non anecdotal evidence?

  2. Fazal Majid says:

    One theory for the genetic component of male homosexuality, i.e. why it hasn’t disappeared as it is not exactly self-reproducing, is that in women it expresses as more fecundity because they are more attracted to men. If true, you would expect to see a higher prevalence of the genes among women with more children.

  3. PabloRQ says:

    Nice tips!

  4. Bas Leijdekkers says:

    Note that just because the land is now forest, doesn’t mean it is not used for human beings. In Sweden for example about 80% of all forest is so-called productive forest, used for forestry and such.

  5. Alex says:

    I noticed that the mentioned research of homosexuality attracted an unusual number of commenting papers. Most of them state that this research has significant flaws. As I can understand from some comments, there is no consensus about FBOE effect on homosexuality.