Daily Archive: November 27, 2002

So apparently human foetuses expend more energy developing their brain than any other animal. This causes problems because the foetal placenta has to aggressively invade the maternal body, seeking nourishment. And this should trigger...

This is a magisterial review by the NY Review of Books of the historical process behind the divison of Palestine between Jewish immigrants and the (mostly) Muslim and Christian natives, and how these groups...