On Jun 24, 2006, at 5:34 AM, Mike Palij wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:25:32 -0700, Annette Taylor, Ph. D.
Well, now, wait a minute boys...isn't it true that not everything
that seems like a 'duh' finding ends up as we expect.


True. But we were commenting on the news summary of the research. I suspect (hope) that the researchers tested somewhat more sophisticated hypotheses. This might provide a good critical-thinking exercise for students about the limitations of relying on secondary sources and science news reports. I'll check the original on Monday.

Jeff

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