"Now in a world with C-section, both the genes of the women with too narrow hips and the genes of the babies with too large heads [...] aren't prevented from spreading as natural selection can't do its job."

In one of yesterday article, being fat made you have less intelligent kids. So if you add this new study, we can say that "Your alarm clock makes your kids dumb". Damn it! I'm throwing mine through the window (alarm clock 'course).

"Correlation is not causation": you're completely right. A lot of medical studies only determine correlation between 2 factors without clearly showing a causal relationship (though I didn't read the article). Plus, intelligence is a very subjective notion.

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Don't we usually call that research?

Try cutting from the side, it works even better.

"[the toxin] is one of the most common allergies in humans" - the right word to use here is "allergen".

I think there are two reasons: in some sports the element of being unusual (like leftie) can be an asset to fool your oponent (lefties know how to play vs. a righty but not the opposite). Think tennis: In a near future, lefties will be the norm. The righties will have the advantage...

I have one too. I would hate to pay $5.00/mo for the same feature with my land line provider.

Wrong. From the nature paper: "...bioengineered pelage follicle germ was reconstituted with E18 mouse embryonic back skin [...] cells." - in plain english they transplanted stem cells from mouse embryos into adult mice.

MS: common denominator of all computer plagues.

They should call this new feature "The Facebook"....

"42% of Canadians waited 2 hours or more in the emergency room, vs. 29% in the U.S." You're right about that (I waited once 4h and I heard about waaaayyyy longer waiting times). But the thing is that 100% of Canadians could tell you about that, whereas how many people in the US even bother going to the emergency? A…

Simple: As for some humans, their brain temporarily moves down in between their legs.

Snails, earthworms and spiders are not insects, BTW.

I sort of agree with the car analogy. Most cars can go to speeds that are way higher than what legal limits are. The more expensive the car, the fastest it can go. Also, the retina display claims to have a resolution higher than what your eyes can see, so....

I couldn't find reliable source for this event. Is it true or an attempt to make fun of Kazakhstan and Kuwait?

I agree it doesn't look like anything I have on my iphone

Wow it is interesting to see how this thread started from feeding your baby.

If you're not interested by the data, the plot itself is quite fun to drag around the window.