http://www.scienceline.org/2008/02/20/health-stern-loneliness/ The Shortest Distance Between You and Science Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:38:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.scienceline.org/2008/02/20/health-stern-loneliness/comment-page-1/#comment-2492 Melanie Standish Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:27:24 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2008/02/20/health-stern-loneliness/#comment-2492 I am a student at a middle school in illinois and I am doing a science fair project on genetics and fingerprints. I read online that your actuall fingerprint itself is based on blood pressur, but I also read that your fingerprint ridges are based on genetics. So it said that your fingerprint ridges should be a combonation of your parents. In other words if your mother has twenty ridges and your dad has ten, you should have fifteen ridges. Do you know if this theroy is true? If not, do you know anyone else I can contact? Thank you and please help me. I am a student at a middle school in illinois and I am doing a science fair project on genetics and fingerprints. I read online that your actuall fingerprint itself is based on blood pressur, but I also read that your fingerprint ridges are based on genetics. So it said that your fingerprint ridges should be a combonation of your parents. In other words if your mother has twenty ridges and your dad has ten, you should have fifteen ridges. Do you know if this theroy is true? If not, do you know anyone else I can contact? Thank you and please help me.

]]> http://www.scienceline.org/2008/02/20/health-stern-loneliness/comment-page-1/#comment-1616 Adam Glenn Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:42:58 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2008/02/20/health-stern-loneliness/#comment-1616 Wonderful piece Vickie! It makes me wonder how much the loss of social contact will be felt as ours and future generations are enabled by the Internet and electronic communications generally to interact virtually, rather than in reality. I bet there are already studies or profiles of the psychological toll of web addiction, but I wonder if they also delve into the physical costs. Keep up the great work! Wonderful piece Vickie! It makes me wonder how much the loss of social contact will be felt as ours and future generations are enabled by the Internet and electronic communications generally to interact virtually, rather than in reality. I bet there are already studies or profiles of the psychological toll of web addiction, but I wonder if they also delve into the physical costs. Keep up the great work!

]]> http://www.scienceline.org/2008/02/20/health-stern-loneliness/comment-page-1/#comment-1420 Mark Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:30:07 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2008/02/20/health-stern-loneliness/#comment-1420 Very interesting article - maybe that's why my female Zebra Finch died within a week of her mate? It was a very sad week... Very interesting article – maybe that’s why my female Zebra Finch died within a week of her mate? It was a very sad week…

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