Scientists using an experimental approach to observe how gene expression patterns correlate with social dominance claim that gene expression can predict the social status of an individual with 80 percent accuracy. The research, detailed in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to demonstrate a link between social status and genetic regulation […]
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Obesity to affect at least 42 percent of adults, say Harvard researchers
Mathematical models of social contagion suggest that America’s obesity epidemic won’t plateau until at least 42 percent of adults are obese. The figures run counter to recent assertions by some experts that the obesity rate, which has been at 34 percent for the past five years, may have peaked. The new projections, by Harvard University […]