Tabitha M. Powledge
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WHO'S YOUR DADDY? Genetic testing is all the rage among genealogists and people looking for relatives. But is it accurate? From Scientific American, November 14, 2008.
STUDY SHOWS BRAIN POWER CAN BE BOOSTED--MAYBE. From Scientific American, April 28, 2008.
WHAT IS THE HOBBIT? The mystery of those 18,000 year-old Indonesian bones known as Homo floresiensis. My feature article from PLOS Biology, December 2006
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The Riddle of the Ancient Mariners
Maybe they came by boat
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Maybe they used their heads instead of their feet.
From California Wild, Summer 1999
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Magazine Article
The Riddle of the Ancient Mariners
How did the first Americans walk from the Bering Strait to Southern Chile? They didn't.
News feature
Viral cause for prostate cancer?
Prostate cancer is increasingly looking like an infectious disease--and may be sexually transmitted
Articles
Addiction on the Brain
Addiction predictions, 2007. From the January 2007 issue of Popular Science
How to Improve Your Brain
Crossword puzzles and brain-teasers? Forget about it.
Hot Flashes? Don’t Suffer
What should you do about menopause symptoms?
Is your cellphone killing you?
Nobody knows. From Salon.com
