Sunday, September 27, 2009

Actual good article on evolutionary biology and the differences between the sexes:

Girl Brain, Boy Brain?

The two are not the same, but new work shows just how wrong it is to assume that all gender differences are hardwired



Basically the researchers looked at the differences between male and female brains, and conclude that differences between them are more related to one's gender rather than biological sex. Our brains are changed by our experiences, starting from a very young age, and so characteristics which appear to be innate probably aren't.

Really this is nothing terribly groundbreaking or new. But it is good to see this kind of thing in mainstream news sources. I've never understood people's infatuation with the subject; what does it really even matter? It seems like people really want there to be innate differences, and tend to exaggerate anything they find. Maybe this article can help counter that.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Baby chicks #2

Even though we collect eggs twice a day, and check for them in odd places like the pig trailer, one of the layer hens sneakily hid 10 eggs somewhere and managed to sit on them for two weeks without us finding out. As a result we have baby chicks! They are so adorable. She must be one proud mama hen, being the only one with babies.