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Rose McDermott: The Political Genome

By Guest PostAugust 31, 2012Politics, Sciencealcoholic, american sense, austrailia, biological measure, biology, capital punishment, courtney coelho, data, democrats, denmark, election result, evolutionary perspective, explosion, fraternal twins, gene, genetic contribution, genetic factor, genetic foundation, genetics, hereditary component, obesity, political genome, political preference, political problem, political science, prediction, public policy, reproductive issue, republicans, rose mcdermott, sex, spectrum, statistical test, trends, united states

A recent review of research co-authored by Rose McDermott highlights the role that genes play in political preferences, an area of study that began to draw significant attention in the last decade. McDermott speaks with Courtney Coelho about this growing field of research, its evolutionary roots, and whether it means anything for the prediction of future election results.

The connection between biology and political science is relatively new, but it’s one that has grown rapidly, with a boom in research linking genetics and political preferences in the last decade. Rose McDermott, professor of political science, has done research on this topic and recently co-authored a review, published in Trends in Genetics, of studies in recent years. (more…)

Offspring of Older Fathers May Live Longer

By Guest PostJune 17, 2012Healthaccidental death, biologists, cells and tissues, christopher w kuzawa, chromosomes, dan t a eisenberg, DNA, Environment, evolutionary perspective, genetic changes, geoffrey hayes, harmful mutations, live longer, miscarriage, molly mcelroy, northwestern university, offspring, older fathers, Philippines, telomeres, university of washington, wenner-gren foundation

If your father and grandfather waited until they were older before having children, you might experience life-extending benefits. Biologists assume that a slow pace of aging requires that the body invest more resources in repairing cells and tissues.

A new study suggests that our bodies might increase these investments to slow the pace of aging if our father or grandfather waited until they were older before having children.

“If your father and grandfather were able to live and reproduce at a later age, this might predict that you yourself live in an environment that is somewhat similar — an environment with less accidental deaths or in which men are only able to find a partner at later ages,” said Dan T.A. Eisenberg, lead author of the study published June 11 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (more…)

What Women Want in Bed?

By PravdaJuly 3, 2011Culturea billion wicked thoughts, air force f 1, american neuroscientists, bikinis, bing, cheerleaders, cinderella dresses, CNN, detective agency, erotic, evolutionary perspective, female brain, female libido, Google, gossip about orlando bloom, hawaii, legolas and heterosexual erotica, libido, Lord of the Rings, male brain, mechanism of the sexual desire in women, men differs, movie star, naked photos, ogi ogas, orlando bloom, pornography, romantic theme, sai gaddam, scientific evidence, sexual button, sexual desire, sexual partner, sexual signaling system, socially aggressive, software, vampire stories, viagra, watch porn, women in bed, Yahoo

What is really important for women in bed? Not only men but also scientists have been looking for an answer to this question. There is a multitude of different opinions from both sexes. The authors of a new book, famous American neuroscientists, argue that the mechanism of the sexual desire in women and men differs greatly.

In a recent U.S. book called A Billion Wicked Thoughts, famous scientists, neuroscientists Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam argue that the female brain is much more complex than that of a male when it comes to the choice of a sexual partner. For their findings, they used statistical data from billions of queries related to sex from Dogpile search engine that combines search results from Google, Yahoo! and Bing, their own experience in sexuality and psychology, as well as the latest scientific evidence about differences in brain activity in men and women. (more…)

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Rose McDermott: The Political Genome

Offspring of Older Fathers May Live Longer

What Women Want in Bed?