Good news for those who can’t face the day without their coffee: some while ago a major study found that people who drink between one and five cups a day are slightly less likely to die prematurely than those who never touch the stuff. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health followed more than …
I received a question from Owen, a regular contributor, as to my attitude towards eugenics, posted on this blog. I agree with the points made by Owen, and would add the following. First, a Webster definition: “Eugenics is a “science” that tries to improve the human race by controlling which people become parents”. There has …
Petula Dvorak, in the Washington Post of October 7th, bemoans the invisibility of older women. The older, wise woman is given as much credence as the older actress. Women of 50 or over are ignored. Economists at the University of California at Irvine, in cooperation with Tulane University, sent out 40,000 fake resumes, all of …
According to new research, children inherit their intelligence from their mother not their father. Genes for cleverness are carried on the X chromosome and may be deactivated if they come from the father. A mother’s genetics determines how clever her children are, and the father makes no difference. A category of genes known as “conditioned …
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The people who run London, for example, love to boast that the city is attracting record numbers (17.4 million in 2014). And they want more. “They especially have their eye on the high-spending shoppers who currently stop in Paris.” For them, a “flourishing” tourist industry is the tourism hallmark of success – which it probably …
