Re: What some women have always known . . .

Deborah Harrell wrote: Wasn't an article posted some time back about human females selecting for humor in their mates, as a possible driving force for larger brain capacity? Or was that in one of Himself's writings? Selection for humor seems overrated when one is sleep-deprived. :)

Brin: Something of interest

http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/06/01/int06002.html It's an interview with Mark Crispin Miller, an author who wrote a book on the stealing of the 2004 election. I thought this would interest you, and it might interest others here. This paragraph in particular made me think you'd be intere

Re: What some women have always known . . .

> Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "It turns out size does matter," said Pitnick, whose > findings were > published in December in "Proceedings of the Royal > Society: Biological Science," an online journal. > > The study offers evidence that males -- at least in > some species --

Re: Br!n: PZ Meyers Vs. Orson Scott Card

> The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <> > Also you seem to be mentioned in the comments quite > a bit. The funny rebuttal to IntelligentDesign is the 'recreational area amidst waste disposal systems' one. The bitin

What some women have always known . . .

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- For some male bats, sexual prowess comes with a price -- smaller brains. A research team led by Syracuse University biologist Scott Pitnick found that in bat species where the females are promiscuous, the males boasting the largest testicles also had the smallest brains. Conv

Re: Fwd: Roadless forest under siege

Dang it: under siege ...ahhk! Debbi Who Needs Spell Check Maru __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/

Fwd: Roadless forest under seige

I'm passing this on, as I haven't heard anything about it in the news, and I think it's very important to keep backcountry just that. It is well-established that putting any sort of road into wilderness changes the equation of balance, and rare wildlife/plants are endangered further (ref: the Amaz

Weekly Chat Reminder

As Steve said, "The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over six years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of