Estrogen Levels Are Higher Across the Menstrual Cycle in African-American Women Compared with Caucasian Women October 7, 2011 This could explain a number of other race differences.
European Ancestry and Resting Metabolic Rate in Older African Americans October 6, 2011 Blacks have lower resting metabolic rates than whites.
Recent Insights into Racial Differences in Bone and Mineral Metabolism October 6, 2011 Lower Vitamin D levels mean lower bone quality in whites but not blacks.
What Makes a Mixed Race Twin White or Black? October 5, 2011 There is a 1/500 chance mixed-race twins will have different skin colors.
Asians Differ from Non-Hispanic Whites in Experimental Pain Sensitivity October 4, 2011 Asians are more sensitive to experimental pain than whites.
Fighting Prejudice Through Imitation October 4, 2011 When whites mimic the movements of blacks, it reduces implicit prejudice.
Racial Differences in Narcissistic Tendencies October 3, 2011 Blacks are more narcissistic than whites.
Copping a Latitude: Genetics Supports Idea Cultural Interaction Was More East to West Than North to South October 3, 2011 East and West are more genetically similar than North and South.
Asians Fighting Alcoholism May Benefit from New Study September 28, 2011 Their genes make them more likely to benefit from a particular treatment.
Lock of Hair Pins Down Early Migration of Aborigines September 23, 2011 They were the first to separate from other "modern" humans.
Common Genetic Variants Associated with Development of High-Risk Neuroblastoma September 21, 2011 Blacks had a higher incidence and worse outcomes.
Hispanics Are More Affected by Arthritis September 20, 2011 Hispanics and blacks "are nearly twice as likely as whites to have severe joint pain and work limitations."
Emory University Study Examines Racial Disparity in Kidney Disease September 16, 2011 Blacks are four times more likely than whites to suffer from kidney disease.
A New Theory of Racial Differences September 16, 2011 A comprehensive account of how the races differ, and a provocative theory as to why.
Genetics, Lifestyle Provide Clues to Racial Differences in Head and Neck Cancer September 15, 2011 Blacks and whites differ in "tumor genetics."
Human Ancestors Interbred with Related Species September 9, 2011 Study's author: "We need to modify the standard model of human origins."
Black Kids Twice as Likely to Have Food Sensitivities to Peanuts, Eggs, Milk September 6, 2011 The more African DNA, the more likely.
Scientists Find They Can Control How People React to Group Pressure September 6, 2011 Some day there could be drugs to reduce conformity.
Differences in Cell Response Could Explain Higher Rates of Hypertension in African-Americans August 30, 2011 We thought it was the legacy of slavery.
Six New Genetic Variants Linked to Type 2 Diabetes Discovered in South Asians August 30, 2011 Genes help explain why South Asians are more likely than Europeans to develop type 2 diabetes.
Neanderthal Sex ‘Boosted Health of Human Race’ by Improving Our Immune Systems Against Disease August 26, 2011 . . . at least for those humans who have the genes.
The Shape of a Nose August 23, 2011 Climate played an important role in forming the noses of different races.
The Evolution of Racial Differences in Morality August 19, 2011 And the social consequences that result.
Intelligence Tests Highlight Importance of Genetic Differences August 9, 2011 But no mention of race.
Discovery May Explain Higher Asthma Risk in Blacks August 1, 2011 A genetic marker has been found that occurs only in blacks.
Excess Protein in Urine Is Indicator of Heart Disease Risk in Whites, but Not Blacks, Study Suggests August 1, 2011 And among blacks and whites with diabetes, blacks face only half the risk of heart attack.
Dark Winters ‘Led to Bigger Human Brains and Eyeballs’ July 27, 2011 But Oxford team assures us that "bigger brains did not make people smarter."
Genome Maps May Spot Disease In African-Americans July 21, 2011 Researchers find 2,500 genetic "hot spots" unique to those of West African ancestry.
Genetic Research Confirms That Non-Africans are Part Neanderthal July 18, 2011 But we thought race was a social construct!
How Medicine Is Advancing Beyond Race July 14, 2011 Anthropologists say "race has already become meaningless in medicine." Doctors disagree.
Genetics, Personality, and Race July 8, 2011 Article from 1993 describes then-emerging studies on genetics' role in personality.
Why Faces of Other Races Look Alike July 5, 2011 Study shows how our brains respond when viewing own-race and other-race faces.
Strange Science: Menstruation Causes Prejudice? June 30, 2011 More evidence that racial preferences are innate.
Genetic Basis for Crime: A New Look June 21, 2011 "A small cadre of experts" met yesterday to discuss the taboo subject.
Stephen Jay Gould Mismeasured Skulls in Racial Records Dispute June 10, 2011 Honest mistake or deliberate fraud?
Site Hints at Asian Roots for Human Genus June 8, 2011 Harvard anthropologist: "It certainly looks as though the African origin of H. erectus must be reconsidered."
U.K. College Lecturer Under Fire for Blog Post Calling Black Women Ugly May 24, 2011 Author of study once "claimed that residents in sub-Saharan Africa were in poor health because of their low IQs."
“Black Women Attractiveness” Study Exposes Racism in Evolutionary Psychology May 17, 2011 Study censored for suggesting that black women are less attractive.
Dating Service to Use DNA April 20, 2011 DNA-based matchmakers claim better success rate than other outfits.
No Two of Us Are Alike — Even Identical Twins April 1, 2011 If this is true, genes are even more powerful than we thought.
Race and “The Scientist” March 18, 2011 What passes as science journalism is often unscientific propaganda.
African Americans Have Fewer Options for Donor Organs and Bone Marrow February 11, 2011 Retail chain offering to pay blacks to become marrow donors.
Gene Protects U.S. Blacks From Heart Disease: Study January 31, 2011 Amazing biological effect found in what is only a "social construct."
A Factor of Success As Adults: Self-Control January 25, 2011 Behavior in children predicts adult outcomes.
Depth of the Kindness Hormone Appears to Know Some Bounds January 13, 2011 "Love hormone" is an "agent of ethnocentrism."
All Change: Theories of Human Ancestry Get an Overhaul January 3, 2011 There were Neanderthals and Denisovans in our family tree.
Ancient Cousin of Humans Identified by Scientists December 23, 2010 "Denisovans" mated with modern humans.
First Americans ‘Reached Europe Five Centuries Before Columbus Voyages’ November 19, 2010 Genetic research suggests Vikings may have brought American Indians to Europe circa 1000 AD.
Genes Hold Key to How Well Coalitions Work, Psychologists Say November 11, 2010 Genes influence the importance people place on race.
Found: Genes That Make Kids Smart September 21, 2010 Researchers link genes to mathematical, language ability.
Racial Differences — Why They Matter August 27, 2010 To refuse to acknowledge racial differences is to court disaster.
Muslim Inbreeding: Impacts on Intelligence, Sanity, Health and Society August 13, 2010 This could explain a lot.
Nisbett Wrong, Again — No Black Gains in Reading and Mathematics Over Five Decades July 26, 2010 The facts versus wishful thinking.
Ancient Woman Suggests Diverse Migration July 26, 2010 Americas may have been settled partly from Southeast Asia.
Black Parents . . . White Baby July 20, 2010 Geneticist: "Extraordinary" birth most likely the result of an unknown mutation.
Tibetan Adaptation to High Altitude Occurred in Less Than 3,000 Years July 6, 2010 Populations can change very quickly.
More Variation in Human Genome Than Expected: Surprisingly Common Transposons or ‘Jumping Genes’ Are Known to Cause Disease June 28, 2010 New technologies make it possible to look more closely at individual genomes than before.