Delicious LiveJournal Links for 7-20-2009

[andrewducker]

• Man fights lion with chainsaw
  Possibly the manliest headline _ever_.
  (tags: funny lions news)
• Retirees, who kept relationship secret for decades, celebrating 70 years
  Lesbian couple who got together before World War 2 started, and didn't admit it generally until the 1990s...
  (tags: Florida lesbians homosexuality usa)
• Artistic tendencies linked to schizophrenia gene
  Kéri examined a gene involved in brain development called neuregulin 1, which previous studies have linked to a slightly increased risk of schizophrenia. Moreover, a single DNA letter mutation that affects how much of the neuregulin 1 protein is made in the brain has been linked to psychosis, poor memory and sensitivity to criticism.
  
  People with two copies of the neuregulin 1 mutation ⓠabout 12 per cent of the study participants ⓠtended to score notably higher on these measures of creativity, compared with other volunteers with one or no copy of the mutation. Those with one copy were also judged to be more creative, on average, than volunteers without the mutation. All told, the mutation explained between 3 and 8 per cent of the differences in creativity, Kéri says.
  (tags: science creativity brain psychology genetics schizophrenia)

Comments

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

Still it's an impressive display of dexterity from a creature without opposing thumbs.

[bracknellexile.livejournal.com]

I once shot a tiger in my pyjamas you know!

:)

[marrog.livejournal.com]

How it did it get into them?

[bracknellexile.livejournal.com]

Knew I could rely on you, Mo :)

[marrog.livejournal.com]

It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it.