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From a Special Report in the June 2008 issue Men’s Health magazine:
Research has shown that a few puffs of cigarette smoke plug fully half of the brain’s natural receptor sites for acetylcholine … After as little as seven cigarettes over the course of a single month, a nicotine virgin’s brain has begun compensating by sprouting additional receptors.
Think smoking is cool? Go read Why Are Men Still Smoking? and learn about how “big tobacco” is spending millions to make you think that.
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Women only stay with men for security, and men only stay with women for sex. It’s a cynical view of human relationships, but researchers now say it is the driving force behind the evolution of monogamy — and women started it. By offering sex all the time, females in monogamous species disguise whether they are fertile and trick males into sticking around.
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“The male has no cue,” says Enquist. “All he can see is the behaviour of the female.”
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Here’s a nifty little article on the physics behind football tackles.
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In a battle like that, I’ll root for beer every time. Keep up the good fight, Dan.
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Embedded in Week 152’s essay by John Baez for This Week’s Finds in Mathematical Physics is a very sad love story. I mean it. I think I will subtitle this post, Love Surrounded by Confusing Mathematics.
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