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by jly 8y ago
> How would one donate money to these specific people? ... Why don't we support that more? Insects and other arthropods are generally considered gross and annoying by most people. In many urban environments, less is usually conside
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Insects are incredibly successful reproducers - they don't need our help there. What they need is more safe connected habitat. Given that, the numbers will rebound to previous levels.
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> So is the solution to let native plants grow all over your yard? Yes, but that doesn't mean you have no discretion or control over what is growing and how. The key is that you want to choose things that require no supplemental wa
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I bought one of these earlier this year: https://kaiterra.com/products/laser-egg-2-plus/ They are hard to find and buy in the US, but very popular in China where many cities have major air quality issues. I picke
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This article focuses excessively on 'violent lyrics', which are only a feature of some small sub-genres in the greater landscape of modern extreme metal. While no one is going to confuse the lyrical content of most metal as being
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Good evolutionary hypotheses generate testable predictions about the trait being examined. This can lead to other predicted (testable) effects, and so on, building evidence (or lack thereof) for an idea. Just because we can't draw de
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These disciplines examine behavior from two different angles, one looking at more proximate causes while the other looks at ultimate causes. You can dismiss evolutionary psychology as irrelevant to other social or neurological cognitive sci
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Evolutionary arguments are complementary to work done in other cognitive sciences. Both are important to understand the complete picture of how we behave. Many evolutionary explanations begin as 'just so' assertions, but so does
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> our body can't adapt to a new pattern--evolution is a slow process that requires many thousands of years. Humans have many adaptations to the 'modern' diet, consisting of large quantities of farmed animals products and c
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The cost of the non-Epipen / generic auto-injectors are still very high. Usually at least $109 for a 2-pack, from what I can tell, and often $200+ in some places. How much will these cost without insurance? Sometimes there are coupo
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Yeah, this is a relatively important metric for both investing but also affordability. It shows that there is an apples to oranges comparison in housing prices across markets (discounting currency differences). When calculating the afforda
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I had not seen this paper, so thanks for sharing. The primary conclusion is that more males are victims of sexual crimes and more females are abusers than is generally thought. I'm sure this is the case, but this shouldn't be mi
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The female-in-power is less likely to abuse precisely because of fundamental biological differences. Men and woman differ significantly in their sexual behavior and sexual strategies because they have evolved through millions of years of
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Kind of. Sexual crimes are more likely to be about sex, not power. The reason why men are overwhelmingly more likely to commit sexual assault is because of basic biology of sexual selection - men (in general) desire many and varied partner
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This may be the current assessment for mammals, but there is insufficient evidence about the endocrine effects on non-mammals. I know the original link and discussion is in relation to humans, but it's worth noting. All animals with a
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by jly 8y ago
Recycling of some plastics may be more of a 'feel good' activity, at this point, then of real utility. There is no guarantee that these will be recycled, either. Consumers are used to dumping disposable, one-use cups in the trash.
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This is not true at all. First, many insects can fly very fast. Even honeybees, which are notoriously poor fliers in the insect world, can reach up to 20mph, carrying a load of pollen or nectar. Dragonflies can reach over 60mph, and some
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> None of the pages on the NSF site ever seemed to be intended for someone that's not contributing to the 'public access repository'. I had this issue, too, but there is a simple search engine at this URL: https:/&#x
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This is true, but with a couple huge caveats. NIH-funded papers published before April 7, 2008 are not applicable to the public access requirements. Research published using NSF grant proposals submitted before Jan 25, 2016 is also exempt
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Wildlife conservation for most people generally focuses on large animals we can more relate to, particularly other mammals. Humans generally regard insects and many other invertebrates in their urban environments as pests, or something to
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As others have noted, the depreciation and savings analysis is very misleading. Bottom line is that without the cars, he spends about $390 / month on Uber, and likely that average may have increased given the extreme low summer outlier
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First, wild honeybees were not eradicated by Varroa. There are many papers written and researchers who have studied substantial wild honeybee populations for decades, and chronicled their decline and resurgence to pre-Varroa numbers. What
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Having more or bigger 'things' will not make you happier. Focus more on relationships and family, and less on the means to consume more.
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by jly 9y ago
I still remember where I was when I first time I saw the piano partitas (BWV 825-830) performed. Gould playing the one in C minor moves me about as much as any music, along with some of the others you mentioned. Bach's compositions ar
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You are technically correct, the problem being that the IRS does not define what a "reasonable wage" is. However, the intention of the law is that true income is taxed as income and not as distributions. When one individual provi
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No. An individual who is the sole director, sole shareholder, and provides all of the services in an S-Corp will have any distributions classified as compensation subject to payroll taxes. There is a lot of established law on this subject
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The ability of a non-scientist to understand a paper at a useful level varies greatly based on the area of study and the reader's knowledge of the topic. 'Basic scientific literacy' may not be enough, but there are many more
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There are plenty of plant-based fertilizers, as well. If humans primarily farmed animals for manure-based fertilizer, many vegans would be pretty thrilled, whether it meets the textbook definition of vegan, or not.
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Water filtration may be mostly unnecessary, but water purification (elimination of gut-crunching pathogens) is another story. If you're in a true survival situation, taking a chance on drinking water that could have dangerous pathogen
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Detroit is shifting fast in this regard. It still has problems, but it's not the city it was 10 years ago, which is what I think a lot of the perception still is. The Detroit bid put together by Dan Gilbert and team highlighted the fa

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