Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Probabilistic Forecast for 21st Century

Probabilistic Forecast for 21st Century Climate Based on Uncertainties in Emissions (without Policy) and Climate Parameters A.P. Sokolov, P.H. Stone, C.E. Forest, R. Prinn, M.C. Sarofim, M. Webster, S. Paltsev, C.A. Schlosser, D. Kicklighter, S. Dutkiewicz, J. Reilly, C. Wang, B. Felzer, J. Melillo, and H.D. Jacoby
Report No. 169 The MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change January 2009
http://globalchange.mit.edu/files/document/MITJPSPGC_Rpt169.pdf

Monday, April 12, 2010

Absence of racial bias in children with William's Syndrome

While pseudospeciation may have a cultural component in particular expression, i have always held it to be a biological/genetic characteristic/problem. Granted, since all humans exhibit psuedospeciation that alone should indicate a genetic origin. But maybe not all humans, or at least those with a genetic "defect" called Williams Syndrome.  This points to pseudospeciation in humans, being in origin, biological:
http://download.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/PIIS0960982210001442.pdf?intermediate=true