How We Learn from Our Mistakes

Eric wu submitted, created time 1 year 1 month (www.time.com)

Everyone can learn from their mistakes — but some people have genes that may make it harder. That's the message from German researchers, writing in tomorrow's issue of the journal Science, who have shown how a common gene variant affects some people's ability to respond to, and learn from, the negative repercussions of their actions.

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The gene that makes us once bitten, twice shy

jane2007 submitted, created time 1 year 1 month (www.nature.com)

Most people tend to learn from their mistakes and avoid making the same blunder twice. Now research reveals a genetic mutation that helps to determine the extent to which certain people are doomed to repeat history.

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Diet foods might cause kids to overeat

abc01 submitted, created time 1 year 4 months (www.reutershealth.com)

The diet sodas and snacks so popular with weight-conscious adults may backfire in children, if new animal research is correct.

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Maths shows the silliness of 'silly walks'

angelfish submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.abc.net.au)

Scientists have explained mathematically why the famous 'silly walks' of Monty Python's John Cleese have never caught on.The research, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A, is potentially useful in biomechanics and robotics, where scientists need to understand mathematically how humans move, and the energy cost of doing it.

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Gene discovery for the carcinogenic human liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini

annatto submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.biomedcentral.com)

"This gene discovery effort for O. viverrini should expedite molecular studies of cholangiocarcinogenesis and accelerate research focused on developing new interventions, drugs and vaccines, to control O. viverrini and related flukes."

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Scientists Identify Hearing Loss Gene

crackpot submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.forbes.com)

Belgian scientists have identified a gene variant that causes otosclerosis, the single most common cause of hearing loss among white adults. The finding may lead to new treatments for the condition, which affects about one in 250 people.

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