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Discussions of evolutionary biology. (Moderated)
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Negative Mutation lessoned by the Catabolic and Anabolic Split?
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Before, I've suggested that a positive mutation on the Catabolic side might spur the Anabolic side to catch up - or vice versa - a positive mutation on the Anabolic side might spur the Catabolic side to catch up. Thus for every positive mutation you have two improvements, and a sort of motor to push natural selection. We have the term 'arms... more »
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Sleep - many new ideas
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By understanding why we sleep, we may resolve many chronic health and psychological problems. Many of these problems may be directly connected to the two transition points of a daily digestion cycle - wake to sleep, and sleep to wake. CONTENTS: Introduction Two sleep basics Sleep as half of the daily digestion cycle.... more »
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Supernormal Stimuli
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The Scientist: Supernormal Stimuli - The Scientist - Magazine of the Life Sciences [link] "Put a mirror on the side of a beta fighting fish's aquarium and the gaudy iridescent male will beat himself against the glass, attacking a perceived intruder. A hen lays eggs day after day as a farmer removes... more »
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Call for Papers: CSC'10 (The 2010 International Conference on
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It would be greatly appreciated if this announcement could be shared with individuals whose research interests include scientific computing. Thanks. ------- CALL FOR PAPERS CSC'10 The 2010 International Conference on Scientific Computing Date and Location: July 12-15, 2010, Las Vegas, USA... more »
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Two Major Problem Areas in Health
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Two major problem areas. There may be a lot of unresolved health problems involved in the daily metabolic cycle. This post suggests some brand new ideas. Start with the daily metabolic cycle. That sets up 2 phases. Catabolic Phase is mostly during the waking hours. Catabolic phase is for taking in food and digesting it.... more »
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Predict evolution
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I am not really happy with the way human teeth has evolved..Tooth decay is such a widespread problem and I am no exception. Maybe it is because we are eating a lot of stuff which we are not supposed to eat. But was it possible for the teeth to evolve in such a way that it is made of ceramic(Or any other decay resistant stuff for that matter)... more »
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