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		<title>Study Shows How We Evolved Different Personalities</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/11/13/2609/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although members of the same species share more than 99 percent of their genetic makeup, individuals often have small differences, such as in their appearance, susceptibility to disease, and life expectancy. Another difference, one that has gone overlooked from the &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/11/13/2609/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Human culture subject to natural selection, Stanford study shows</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/19/human-culture-subject-to-natural-selection-stanford-study-shows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The process of natural selection can act on human culture as well as on genes, a new study finds. Scientists at Stanford University have shown for the first time that cultural traits affecting survival and reproduction evolve at a different &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/19/human-culture-subject-to-natural-selection-stanford-study-shows/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wireless Monitoring Of People And Things: Future Of Social Networking?</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/14/wireless-monitoring-of-people-and-things-future-of-social-networking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you need information, the Internet offers a wealth of resources. But if you&#8217;re hunting down a person or a thing, a computer&#8217;s not much help. That may soon change. Electronic tags promise to create what some call the &#8220;Internet &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/02/14/wireless-monitoring-of-people-and-things-future-of-social-networking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists find cultural differences among chimpanzee colonies</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/01/07/scientists-find-cultural-differences-among-chimpanzee-colonies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Socially-learned cultural behaviour thought to be unique to humans is also found among chimpanzees colonies, scientists at the University of Liverpool have found. Historically, scientists believed that behavioural differences between colonies of chimpanzees were due to variations in genetics. A &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/01/07/scientists-find-cultural-differences-among-chimpanzee-colonies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Monkeys &#8216;Pay&#8217; for Sex by Grooming</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/01/06/study-monkeys-pay-for-sex-by-grooming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Male macaque monkeys pay for sex by grooming females, according to a recent study that suggests the primates may treat sex as a commodity. &#8220;In primate societies, grooming is the underlying fabric of it all,&#8221; Dr. Michael Gumert, a primatologist &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2008/01/06/study-monkeys-pay-for-sex-by-grooming/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Robots Infiltrate, Influence Cockroach Groups</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/11/20/robots-infiltrate-influence-cockroach-groups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To explore how groups of cockroaches make collective decisions, scientists have created a robotic cockroach that the real insects accept as one of their own. The robot doesn&#8217;t look anything like a cockroach to human eyes. &#8220;It looks like an &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/11/20/robots-infiltrate-influence-cockroach-groups/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Socialization between toddlers and robots at an early childhood education center</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/11/19/socialization-between-toddlers-and-robots-at-an-early-childhood-education-center-tanaka-et-al-104-46-17954-proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 03:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A state-of-the-art social robot was immersed in a classroom of toddlers for >5 months. The quality of the interaction between children and robots improved steadily for 27 sessions, quickly deteriorated for 15 sessions when the robot was reprogrammed to behave &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/11/19/socialization-between-toddlers-and-robots-at-an-early-childhood-education-center-tanaka-et-al-104-46-17954-proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Clever Clover Forms Communication Networks</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/09/27/clever-clover-forms-communication-networks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent research from Vidi researcher Josef Stuefer at the Radboud University Nijmegen reveals that plants have their own chat systems that they can use to warn each other. Many herbal plants such as strawberry, clover, reed and ground elder naturally &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/09/27/clever-clover-forms-communication-networks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>World Biggest Problem: Organized Crime</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/09/13/world-biggest-problem-organized-crime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organized crime may have brought in more than $2 trillion in revenue last year, about twice all the military budgets in the world combined, according to the &#8220;2007 State of the Future&#8221; report, published by the Millennium Project of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/09/13/world-biggest-problem-organized-crime/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Genetics of Loneliness</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/09/13/the-genetics-of-loneliness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changes in the immune system may explain why social factors like loneliness are linked to an increased risk of heart disease, viral infections and cancer. It&#8217;s already known that a person&#8217;s social environment can affect their health, with those who &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/09/13/the-genetics-of-loneliness/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Unmanned Aerial Police Drones To Bolster UK&#8217;s Surveillance Culture</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/05/22/unmanned-aerial-police-drones-to-bolster-uks-surveillance-culture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 18:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The future of human control is here. United Kingdom&#8217;s Merseyside police will be launching a pilotless police &#8220;spy drone&#8221; next month, with the goals of keeping check and reducing anti-social behavior and public disorder. The 1-meter wide drone was originally &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/05/22/unmanned-aerial-police-drones-to-bolster-uks-surveillance-culture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Life in 2025</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/05/18/future-living-in-2025/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 20:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this Discovery Channel documentary, we get a prediction of what life could be like in the year 2025, thanks to technological advancements that are happening today. This 5 part docu-drama delves into wearable computers, immersive telecom, intelligent homes, emotive &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/05/18/future-living-in-2025/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism by Hakim Bey</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/04/12/temporary-autonomous-zones-by-hakim-bey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHAOS: THE BROADSHEETS OF ONTOLOGICAL ANARCHISM (Dedicated to Ustad Mahmud Ali Abd al-Khabir) Chaos CHAOS NEVER DIED. Primordial uncarved block, sole worshipful monster, inert &#38; spontaneous, more ultraviolet than any mythology (like the shadows before Babylon), the original undifferentiated oneness-of-being &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/04/12/temporary-autonomous-zones-by-hakim-bey/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/03/20/scientist-finds-the-beginnings-of-morality-in-primate-behavior/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DrQuickbeam</dc:creator>
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		<title>Bee Social Activity Tied To Gene</title>
		<link>http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/03/07/bee-social-activity-tied-to-gene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>billycuts</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A gene involved in egg production also helps honeybees exhibit some crucial social behaviors that distinguish them from solitary insects, researchers report in PLoS Biology this week. The gene vitellogenin, which is involved in egg production in all egg laying &#8230; <a href="http://www.nerdshit.com/2007/03/07/bee-social-activity-tied-to-gene/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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