“Biology” on The Daily Caller

Seriously, CNN? Seriously? (more)

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this year to Liu Xiaobo, a prominent Chinese dissident who has spent more than 20 years advocating for a freer society marked by greater civil liberties and an independent judiciary. Unfortunately, the government of the Peoples Republic of China not only prevented him or his representative from attending the ceremony today but pressured other nations to boycott it. (more)

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – Attackers wielding bats or clubs slaughtered two dozen fur seals, including newborn pups, over several days at one of New Zealand’s most popular sanctuaries for watching the animals, officials said Monday. (more)

The rare, ribbon-shaped sea creature was far from home when it washed ashore in Malibu this week. (more)

Whether your roommate is Samantha Sleeps-Around or Paul the Prude, cut him or her some slack: People’s predilections for promiscuity lie partially in their DNA, according to a new study. (more)

The first organism able to substitute one of the six chemical elements crucial to life has been found. (more)

Bureaucrats have thankless jobs, always under attack for some horrible decision or another they’re making or choice to the public they’re limiting, and justifiably so. This is not a defense of bureaucrats, they’re deserving of almost every criticism that comes their way. This is to point out yet another way in which bureaucrats could limit options for you and your family through their ever-growing control over our health care. (more)

Scientists have partially reversed age-related degeneration in mice, an achievement that suggests a new approach for tackling similar disorders in people. (more)

While the Food Network offers thousands of recipes of every shape and size year round, they go double-time with their offerings over the holidays. (more)

With a number of Republicans breaking ranks, the Senate on Wednesday voted to allow debate to go forward on what supporters say would be the biggest overhaul of the nation’s food-safety laws since the Great Depression. (more)

Drinking alcohol is thought to interfere with a good night’s sleep. But a new survey has found that most adults don’t experience sleep problems due to drinking. (more)

LARA CARTER has slept with 20 strangers in the past year – in a desperate and reckless bid to get pregnant. (more)

Researchers have determined that genetics could matter when it comes to some adults’ political leanings. (more)

According to the latest Gallup 2010 Confidence in Institutions poll, the U.S. Congress ranks dead last out of the 16 institutions rated. Only 11% of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in those who populate the institution, down from 17% in 2009 and a percentage point lower than the previous low (2008). (more)

So farwell…Paul the Octopus; famous for predicting football results (more)

During the 11 years that Margaret Albus lived with Alzheimer’s disease, the worst moment came in the middle of one night, when she called out to her daughter, panic-stricken: “I just want to know who I am.” (more)

With high unemployment, lagging home sales, slow economic growth, staggering federal deficits, etc., it is no wonder the economy is the main issue concerning voters. Failed macroeconomic policies have created the need for a new paradigm for economic growth. (more)

Do you believe that love conquers all? If you do, you probably won’t be surprised by the following study. It turns out that being in love can actually dull pain perception. What’s more, it works in a different way that painkillers do. (more)

Former leader of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin famously said that a single death is a tragedy but a million deaths is just a statistic.  His observation seems to have been proven yet again by the media feeding frenzy over the rescue operation in Chile for 33 copper miners trapped underground for two months. (more)

Americans are nearly equally divided on the issue of whether the government should fund human embryonic stem cell research. Yet the National Institutes of Health (NIH), America’s largest and premiere agency for funding biomedical research, continues to act as if no Americans care about the unethical treatment of the human subjects required by the research. (more)