Behavioral Ecology Blog

Doesn’t he remember the single most important rule in chemistry class?? DONT DRINK/SMELL THE CHEMICALS!!
You can’t see in this photo (it was unfortunately cropped), but the entire staff looked giddy with excitement as the toxic volatile substance approached the face of the prez.. Subsequent to this we heard that Laura sent him to his room [...]

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To the wife: Breath.. It’s a CNN story..
An amazing story on CNN details the emergence of online networks- dating services that cater specifically to people that have STD’s… A nice idea from a social standpoint- but terrible when thinking abotu the biology and genetics of disease- especially viral diseases.. Think parasite variability and genetic [...]

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Don’t forget that on March 5th, I’ll host genetics blog carnival Mendel’s Garden. Please submit your posts by March 4th via this link, or (preferably) to me directly at eremicus [at] gmail.com
Mendel’s Garden is a blog carnival that welcomes submissions about genetics…. from transcription to evolution to genetic counseling and social implications [...]

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So I’m way to busy to post anythink of my own, but to keep you busy, here are a couple of links..
Brian at the Primordial Blog thinks Bush may suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome…Getting out of IraqSupport the troopsRadio Shack Behind Iraq Attacks

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More of the same here, but always good for a laugh.. Anyway, in a news story run in some sort of Croatian newspaper, they ask the question:
Can the power of faith help where medicine gave up on a patient? Miraculous Healings Among Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The story, details a mess of anecdote from various people that claim [...]

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Anyway, I haven’t read the story, and it is obviously written by a non-scientist, but I’m sure that it will be interesting.
Promiscuity: why slutting around is good for the species
more comments later.

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For the first time, sociologists have mapped the romantic and sexual relationships of an entire high school over 18 months, providing evidence that humans frequently have mating strategies that are not charcterized by exclusivity.

Slightly more than half of all students reported having sexual intercourse, a [...]

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You were likely too busy proving my point and (searching for and) viewing pornography.. Green=SexBlue=LoveRed=BusinessOrange=Romance
Interestingly, The search work romance is most popular in Central and South America- No North American or European nation appears in the top 10 cities that search for Romance.. Take home message, if you’re looking for romance on the Internet- you [...]

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What are people really searching for? This is a google trends graph of search volumes over the past year for the terms Love, Sex, Romance, Business. Can you tell which is which??? Don’t cheat…

Answers after I get back from the Zoo…

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HEY YOU- SEND MATT MONEY, NOW!!!
(Checks may be payable to moi, and sent c/o The Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley)
Not working- damn, I guess it only works when God mandates murder… [See Story here]. What a hoax! For the life of me, I just can’t see how the “faithful” see this, and can [...]

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