Behavioral Ecology Blog

There is a recent article in ScienceDaily that is a bit concerning… Obese Girls Less Likely To Attend College. In the summary, they say:
Obese girls are half as likely to attend college as non-obese girls, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Austin.
The study also shows obese girls are even [...]

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I was listening to NPR the other day, as per usual, while I drove to work. On the usually interesting program “All Things Considered” they were talking about the apparently large population of Vietnamese Roman Catholics. Not to belabor the story, but the man speaking was explaining how he came to feel as if the [...]

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So remember that post from a week ago asking you to reveal your innermost toileting secrets?? Well please continue to vote- although I’ve moved the poll over to the sidebar…
How often do you flush the toilet?
Basically, I point out that the there are roughly 3.3 billion people using toilets on Earth. Each person urinates about [...]

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Now Guys, this is getting ridiculous… ScienceDaily is perhaps the premier online news source for science related content. It is read worldwide by millions of people, and is likely the only exposure most people have to science.
It is for these reasons that I feel it is imperative for them to report on stories accurately. [...]

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