The English Surgeon

Published by Sharon Moalem September 5th, 2009 in Views. Closed

Brown Fat is Back!!

Published by Sharon Moalem May 22nd, 2009 in Evolution and You. 1 Comment

Survival of the Sickest on CNN

Published by Sharon Moalem April 28th, 2009 in Evolution and You. 0 Comments

Methylation in Action

Published by Sharon Moalem January 27th, 2009 in Evolution and You. Closed

Dr. Sharon Moalem on Bloomberg TV - Part 3/3

Published by Sharon Moalem June 5th, 2008 in Evolution and You. 2 Comments

The Secret is Out

Published by Sharon Moalem May 6th, 2008 in Evolution and You. 2 Comments

Ever wonder what happens to someone when they absorb too much
iron from the diet?

Dr. Sharon Moalem on Bloomberg TV - Part 2/3

Published by Sharon Moalem April 25th, 2008 in Evolution and You, Health Tips and Views. 1 Comment

How to Have a Baby Boy

Published by Sharon Moalem April 24th, 2008 in Evolution and You, News, Health Tips and Views. 2 Comments

Researchers at Exter and Oxford in the UK have just published a study about the importance of having a good breakfast (see NYT article here). That is if you’d like to have a baby boy. It seems that having a high calorie breakfast can increase the odds of having a boy, regardless of the weight status of the mother. From an evolutionary perspective this of course makes a lot of sense since signs of increased nutrition are important since baby boys need more calories to survive.

In Survival of the Sickest I talked about a situation where a significant increase in short term stress occurred, such as right after the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake in 1995 can skew the birth rate towards females. From an evolutionary perspective this makes sense, since increased in perceived environmental stress can signal that it may not be the most opportune time for boys, since they can be more expensive calorically to maintain.

Dr. Sharon Moalem on Bloomberg TV - Part 1/3

Published by Sharon Moalem April 7th, 2008 in Evolution and You and Views. 0 Comments

Book Talk at McNally Robinson

Published by Sharon Moalem April 7th, 2008 in Evolution and You and News. 0 Comments

I want to thank everyone for coming last week to the event hosted by McNally Robinson in nyc. It was wonderful to see so many people interested in science and evolution. For all those who couldn’t make it I’m sorry I didn’t get around to posting event details earlier. And Suzanne here’s the the link to the my frogsicle friend, Rana sylvatica and a link to the NYT article about my work that you requested.

The English Surgeon

Brown Fat is Back!!

Survival of the Sickest on CNN

Methylation in Action

Dr. Sharon Moalem on Bloomberg TV - Part 3/3

The Secret is Out

Dr. Sharon Moalem on Bloomberg TV - Part 2/3

How to Have a Baby Boy

Dr. Sharon Moalem on Bloomberg TV - Part 1/3

Book Talk at McNally Robinson

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