Who's happy? You are [60-Second Science Blog]
Scientific American - Posted: July 7th, 2008, 5:29pm EDT
Believe it or not, the world is becoming a happier place, at least according to the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research's 2005 to 2007 World Values Survey. [More]
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Who's happy? You are [60-Second Science Blog]
Scientific American - Posted: July 7th, 2008, 5:29pm EDT
Believe it or not, the world is becoming a happier place, at least according to the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research's 2005 to 2007 World Values Survey. [More]
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Ciamac Moallemi: Recognizing patterns [Where Are They Now?]
Scientific American - Posted: July 7th, 2008, 2:10pm EDT
FINALIST YEAR: 1991 [More]
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Recognizing Patterns: Ciamac Moallemi [Where Are They Now?]
Scientific American - Posted: July 7th, 2008, 2:10pm EDT
FINALIST YEAR: 1991 [More]
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Law Protects Genetic Secrets History Would Rather Let Lie [Scientific American Magazine]
Scientific American - Posted: July 7th, 2008, 9:37am EDT
When our ancient ancestors migrated out of Africa and throughout the rest of the world, telltale variations in the DNA of the people who settled along the way marked their passage. Today anthropologists and molecular biologists of the Genographic Project, sponsored by the National Geographic Society and others, seek to reconstruct the forgotten migration routes by looking for those genetic “footprints,” as senior writer Gary Stix relates in his article “The Migration History of Humans: DNA Study Traces Human Origins Across the Continents".
The unwillingness of many indigenous groups in Australia, the Americas and elsewhere to submit DNA samples has hindered progress, however. Some worry that industrialists will exploit a pharmaceutically useful detail of their genetic patrimony and pay them nothing for it. Still others worry, with good cause, that information emerging from the studies might contradict their cultural traditions about their origins (Native Americans who believe their people have always occupied certain lands do not welcome the suggestion that their ancestors came from Siberia 13,000 years ago). Given the long histories of oppression and insensitivity some of those groups have suffered, their desire for genetic privacy is understandable.
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