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China Blocks News Websites In Protest of Nobel 213

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday December 09, 2010 @11:56AM from the moral-victory dept.

DaveNJ1987 writes "The Chinese Government has blocked the websites of the BBC, CNN and Norwegian public service broadcaster NRK, less than 24 hours before dissident Chinese writer Liu Xiaobo is due to be awarded the Nobel peace prize. China has been vocally critical of the plans to award the jailed writer the prize and has even gone as far as setting up its own 'Confucius peace prize' to rival the awards being held in Oslo tomorrow."

Comment Another useless "systems" neuroscience study (Score 1) 240

by Lambdoid on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @05:22PM (#34479732) Attached to: One Night Stands May Be Genetic

Not to be a complete cynic here, but this kind of science is inherently weak. They are probably just looking at the dopaminergic system responsible for risk taking behavior and reward. Nothing more. I don't think anything new has been discovered here, but the scientists have succeeded in making science tablet-worthy. Where was this published? In PEOPLE magazine?

Submission + - One night Stands Maybe be Genetic

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 03, 2010 @07:26PM

An anonymous reader writes: So, he or she has cheated on you for the umpteenth time and their only excuse is: "I just can't help it." According to researchers at Binghamton University, they may be right. The propensity for infidelity could very well be in their DNA. In a first of its kind study, a team of investigators led by Justin Garcia, a SUNY Doctoral Diversity Fellow in the laboratory of evolutionary anthropology and health at Binghamton University, State University of New York, has taken a broad look at sexual behavior, matching choices with genes and has come up with a new theory on what makes humans 'tick' when it comes to sexual activity. The biggest culprit seems to be the dopamine receptor D4 polymorphism, or DRD4 gene. Already linked to sensation-seeking behavior such as alcohol use and gambling, DRD4 is known to influence the brain's chemistry and subsequently, an individual's behavior.

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