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		<title>The &#8220;Big Man&#8221;: Male linguistic deficit and female linguistic superiority</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2022 16:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is hard for a person who thinks about, knows a little about, evolution to reconcile the seeming contradiction that females should be smarter than males, particularly in the language arts, knowing what we know about brain development in mammals. This is because, while there are great writers and speech makers among women, there are &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/10/18/the-big-man-male-linguistic-deficit-and-female-linguistic-superiority/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The &#8220;Big Man&#8221;: Male linguistic deficit and female linguistic superiority</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Using Nature to Solve Problems</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/09/04/using-nature-to-solve-problems/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2022 14:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In which I participate in Producer Wes&#8217;s project &#8220;Advice Wanted.&#8221; Any questions?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Is Human Behavior Genetic Or Learned?</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/04/15/is-human-behavior-genetic-or-learned/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2022 12:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anatomy and physiology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine that there is a trait observed among people that seems to occur more frequently in some families and not others. One might suspect that the trait is inherited genetically. Imagine researchers looking for the genetic underpinning of this trait and at first, not finding it. What might you conclude? It could be reasonable to &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2022/04/15/is-human-behavior-genetic-or-learned/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Is Human Behavior Genetic Or Learned?</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Mammoth&#8217;s Journey: New isotopic science</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/08/13/a-mammoths-journey-new-isotopic-science/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 14:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2017, John McKay elucidated the history of modern science through the lens of the mammoth, or really, the mammoth hunters, in his book* Discovering the Mammoth: A Tale of Giants, Unicorns, Ivory, and the Birth of a New Science. The difference between what (mainly) European thinkers thought about the meaning of mammoth and other &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/08/13/a-mammoths-journey-new-isotopic-science/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">A Mammoth&#8217;s Journey: New isotopic science</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Read These Books and Be Smarter</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/11/read-these-books-and-be-smarter/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 18:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[With Covid-19 limitations on so many activities, we are doing so much reading there is a threat that we will wear out all the books! I have four items here that are deep, and intellectually engaging. A scholarly look at literature by one of the great living American authors, two addressing the history of science &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/11/read-these-books-and-be-smarter/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Read These Books and Be Smarter</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Widespread Rejection of a Covid-19 Stick is a Click-Baiting Falsehood</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/11/widespread-rejection-of-a-covid-19-stick-is-a-click-bating-falsehood/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 15:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Biology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A high percentage of people are going to get the Covid-19 vaccine that is available to them, because they are going to be choosing between two clearly labeled doors. One door says &#8220;Look like you believe science has something to offer.&#8221; The other doors says, &#8220;Maybe you die!&#8221; I have the impression that people who &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/12/11/widespread-rejection-of-a-covid-19-stick-is-a-click-bating-falsehood/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Widespread Rejection of a Covid-19 Stick is a Click-Baiting Falsehood</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Superlative Beauty and Beautiful Superlatives in Nature: Books</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/06/14/superlative-beauty-and-beautiful-superlatives-in-nature-books/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2020 11:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Superlative: The Biology of Extremes is almost as extreme, or shall we say, hopeful, in its marketing-cover claims as the animals discussed are outlandish. If the cure for cancer was going to be found in a shark, we would have already found it. But despite what the book promises on its cover, Matthew D. LaPlante&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/06/14/superlative-beauty-and-beautiful-superlatives-in-nature-books/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Superlative Beauty and Beautiful Superlatives in Nature: Books</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Complete Scientific Guide to COVID-19</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/03/27/the-complete-scientific-guide-to-covid-19/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 22:31:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Biology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8230; will be written in about three years from now. Meanwhile &#8230; We labor under a number of falsehoods about how science works. Even scientists do. There are considerable differences among the panoply of scientific disciplines, and these are important enough that I would never trust the practitioners of one scientific discipline to, say, review &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2020/03/27/the-complete-scientific-guide-to-covid-19/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Complete Scientific Guide to COVID-19</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Biology of Extremes: Superlative by Matthew D. LaPlante</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/08/16/the-biology-of-extremes-superlative-by-matthew-d-laplante/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2019 17:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Superlative: The Biology of Extremes by Matthew D. LaPlante is not just about extremes, but about all the things in between that make the extremes extreme. LaPlante looks at size, speed, age, intelligence. For all the various subtopics that come up in such an exploration, LaPlante does a great job of bringing in the latest &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/08/16/the-biology-of-extremes-superlative-by-matthew-d-laplante/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Biology of Extremes: Superlative by Matthew D. LaPlante</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The rat in the can effect</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/04/14/the-rat-in-the-can-effect/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To find out more about the rat in the can effect, you can read this book: The Tangled Wing: Biological Constraints on the Human Spirit by Mel Konner, where I think it is described. Here, I will summarize it, in simplified form. If you seriously need to know about this in more detail, do more &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2019/04/14/the-rat-in-the-can-effect/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The rat in the can effect</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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