Border and his colleagues are not the first to raise the possibility of spurious genetic correlations. When designing studies, geneticists can control for the effects of factors like parental traits and childhood environment by comparing people who have those things in common—that is, siblings. Earlier this year, statistical geneticist Laurence Howe and a team of researchers did just […]
Read MoreA similar scenario played out in the 1990s, when a Tennessee naturalist named Lynn Faust read the confident published assertion of a scientist named Jon Copeland that there were no synchronous fireflies in North America. Faust knew then that what she had been watching for decades in the nearby woods was something remarkable. Faust invited […]
Read MoreWidgets are a handy way to keep track of important things on your Mac, such as the current temperature outside and any upcoming events you have. And as is the case on your iPhone and iPad, you can customize which things you see on your macOS Widgets screen. Related Reading: You will find a wide […]
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