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кто там? |
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[Jun. 7th, 2005|09:04 pm] |
Genes blamed for fickle female orgasm
According to a study published this week, up to 45% of the differences between women in their ability to reach orgasm can be explained by their genes. Despite decades of surveys and conjecture about the role of culture, upbringing and biology in female sexual function, from Freud in 1905 to the Hite report in 1976, this is the first study of the role of a woman’s genes.
Men cleared
Spector says he was surprised by the similarity in the numbers of women unable to experience orgasm either through intercourse or masturbation. “With masturbation there are fewer external factors – i.e. men,” he says. “So the higher heritability value for masturbation gives us a clearer picture of what’s going on.”
The discovery of a genetic basis for the ability of women to orgasm raises questions about its evolution. One theory is that it is a tool for mate selection, the idea being that males best able to bring females to orgasm are also the best males to help raise children. Another is that the female orgasm produces movements that increase sperm uptake, and therefore fertility.
I don't believe this study, "up 45% of the difference" sounds too fishy to me :) An ideal test would be identical male twins pared with identical female twins, but that would be too difficult to set up. |
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[Jun. 7th, 2005|09:18 pm] |
Alan Greenspan is wondering aloud why long-term interest rates don't track short-term rates
But what are those forces? Clearly, they are not operating solely in the United States. Long-term rates have moved lower virtually everywhere. Except in Japan, rates among the other foreign Group of Seven countries have declined notably more than have rates in the United States. Even in emerging economies, whose history has been too often marked by inflationary imbalances and unstable exchange rates, access to longer-term finance has improved.
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A final hypothesis takes as its starting point the breakup of the Soviet Union and the integration of China and India into the global trading market, developments that have permitted more of the world's lower-cost productive capacity to be tapped to satisfy global demands for goods and services. Concurrently, greater integration of financial markets has meant that a larger share of the world's pool of savings is being deployed in cross-border financing of cost-reducing investments.
The enlargement of global markets for goods, services, and finance has contributed importantly to the favorable inflation performance that we are witnessing in so many countries. That improved performance has doubtless contributed to lower inflation-related risk premiums, and the lowering of these premiums is reflected in significant declines in nominal and real long-term rates. Although this explanation contributes to an understanding of the past decade, I do not believe it explains the decline of long-term interest rates over the past year despite rising short-term rates. |
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[Jun. 7th, 2005|09:39 pm] |
Михаил Бару очень хорошо пишет о том, как его околдовал Гиперболоид Инженера Гарина.
А для меня такой книжкой стала "Неукротимая планета" Гаррисона (Deathworld, by Harry Harrison).
Чего там только нет - телепатия, телекинез, оружие, работающее от мысли, быстро-мутирующие звери! Как я хотел быть динАльтом!
И сейчас хочу, но времени на это остается уже меньше. |
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