A study dating the age of more than 1 million single-letter variations in the human DNA code reveals that most of these mutations are of recent origin, evolutionarily speaking. These kinds of mutations change one nucleotide - an A, C, T or G - in the DNA sequence. Over 86 percent of the harmful...
...and stole land from the Native Americans.Don't they know it's virtually the punishment for their crimes.
@Hanith- Whites committed genocide against Native and destroyed their culture.
@Kolpy- you guys brought them here,it should be you responsibility to take them back to Africa including the...
I am a college aged male looking to eject myself from a crummy cultural experience in Utah. Which of the following towns offer the most diverse outdoor/social/art experience?(feel free to recommend others) Eugene, Corvallis, Ashland, Vancouver.
So In other words, if you were/are in your early...
Why can't you contemplate that maybe I actually believe in my beliefs because I find them to be uniquely true and rational? I could point to atheists who later became religious, would you then say that since all former atheists do not agree with each other, thus atheism is stupid? I could point...
Scientists from the EPFL and the University of Geneva have discovered a genetic mechanism that defines the shape of our members in which, surprisingly, genes play only a secondary role. The research, published in Cell online, shows the mechanism is found in a DNA sequence that was thought...
How are birds related to dinosaurs, crocodiles, and pterosaurs? Where do birds live, and not live? How many bird species are there, and how many actual birds, and how does this vary across the glob? What about endemics?; Where ate the most local species found? Mike Unwin's The Atlas of Birds...
The Hospice Foundation of America has developed "Addressing Cultural Diversity in Hospice Care," a free online webinar that looks at how, and why, different cultures may, or may not, utilize hospice. This tutorial aims to prepare and equip hospice organizations, and its providers and volunteers...
They've made songs (and albums) that sound drastically different from each other [songs like: Talk Show Host, Reckoner, Everything In it's Right Place] and I don't know another band that manages to recreate itself as much can you name some [without a disparaging Radiohead comment].
Cells have their own version of the cut-and-paste editing function called splicing. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have documented a novel form of splicing in the cytoplasm of a nerve cell, which dictates a special form of a potassium channel protein in the...
The American Dental Association (ADA) acknowledged that it deeply regrets not taking a stronger stand against discriminatory membership practices during the pre-civil rights era. ADA President Raymond Gist, D.D.S., said making the announcement public reinforces the ADA's commitment to a...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded nearly $2.4 million to University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus researcher Diego Restrepo and Elba Serrano of New Mexico State University Las Cruces to help them prepare minority students and those with disabilities for careers in...
What people think about their neighbourhood is much more strongly influenced by deprivation than by the degree of ethnic mixing in the area, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), carried out by researchers from Portsmouth and Southampton...
TV and movies just seem to be very mono in the perception of America. Are all of the TV/ Movies based in Wyoming... Asians, Latino, Black, Indian...etc. It would be nice to see a more diversity in Hollywood. What do you think...
The Alabama Department of Public Health is presenting a three-part summer series of satellite programs on cultural sensitivity and diversity awareness for the education of health care providers, social workers, and staff that treat patients in community clinics, public health departments...
The Diversity in Science Carnival will be hosted at Quiche Moraine. Today is the submission deadline, but I'm sure posts submitted tomorrow (the 26th) will also be considered.
Here is the theme:
We are inviting all posts that challenge pre-conceptions and mis-conceptions of who...
Going against nature...
trying to get science to solve everything like treatment for STD's, lesbians getting artificial insemination, raising kids, hiring more cops to protect you and your family, trying to live normal as possible...
injecting hormones for transexual, getting married, changing...
How has the awareness of a certain cultural perspective been enhanced by media?
In other words, what is a positive example of diversity in the media and its success?
Any thoughts?