September 2008, the credit markets freeze up and the world economy enters a tailspin. Here in the states we are stricken with the sharpest economic decline since the great depression. Job creation dries up as companies simultaneously engage in vigorous cost cutting (read headcount reduction). A year later the Fed speaks of green shoots and [...]
Research on birds and other animals that pair for rearing offspring has suggested that the battle of the sexes may be the glue that hold parents together in raising offspring. While one parent may pick up some of the slack for an absent or lazy parent, they don’t fully compensate for the lack. This may [...]
A study on mice found that inhibition of nitric oxide, a neurotransmitter, led to increased aggression, often fatal between males. Another effect was persistent sexual advances even where females were not receptive. It seems that both of these behaviors are linked: Johns Hopkins University scientists have discovered a genetic basis for violent and excessive sexual [...]
It’s well known that men are attracted to an hourglass shape in women, yet with obesity rampant and rising in America, such exemplary specimens are becoming more difficult to find. Size inflation has become a national pastime. In the popular media, we continually hear how men should overcome their nature and give “real women” meaning [...]
With the National Health Care bill before congress the cost of health care has been on everyone’s minds lately. Despite outspending other nations by orders of magnitude our level of national health is nowhere near as stellar. First our spending: Current estimates put U.S. health care spending at approximately 15.2% of GDP, second only to [...]
A rhetorical question with the evidence to back up the answer: Does being an Alpha male pay off in the long run? Not surprisingly, the answer is “duh.” Alpha males are known for being a macho men, and this is the result of greater circulating testosterone levels and its consequent secondary sexual characteristics that define [...]
Little is more important to our success and accomplishments in life than self-discipline, yet little is more absent from many of the lives I see around me. Like most everyone my own self-discipline, while good, varies over time. I have conditioned myself to feel like I’m wasting time if my activities aren’t contributing to my [...]
The science behind genetic engineering is a black box to most Americans. The big secret is that it is to scientists as well. We are assured that we have nothing to worry about from GMO’s, and are denied labeling that clearly states which products contain them. There is a resounding silence in the media regarding [...]
I have often wondered at the dating choices people make. I’ve known a number of men who introduce me to their new girlfriend and all I can think upon meeting her is “Dude, you can do better.” Women too often choose astoundingly low-quality matches as evidenced by the women who date one abusive man after [...]
In a recent posting the subject of sexual conflict came up, which is in essence the propagation of antagonistic goals by one of the sexes’ gametes at the expense of the other. This can set up sexual biases in certain lineage’s offspring. Sexual bias need not always be antagonistic however, sometimes both genders are served [...]
