Cope's rule as psychological artefact

Article Abstract:

E.D. Cope formulated a 'phyletic size increase law' in 1871 that stated that the body size of organisms in any given evolutionary lineage tends to increase. In testing whether Cope's rule may be a psychological practice of singling out observations that one prefers to single out, D. Jablonski studied all 191 bivalve and gastropod lineages of molluscs. The results of Jablonski's study revealed that lineages showing net increase in size are just as common as lineages showing net decrease of both smallest and largest species.

Research, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Body size, Body weights and measures, Cope, Edward Drinker

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Worldwide drugs: the expanding trade

Article Abstract:

Levels of international trade in drugs and other controlled substances has increased as a result of the end of the Cold War. The US and other members of the intenational community should acknowledge the existence of this problem and take concrete measures to halt the interanational illicit drug trade.

International aspects, Narcotics, Control of, Narcotics control

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The God particle and the grid

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As the web is being re-invented for the internet, the atom-smashing, supercomputing 5-gigabits-per-second grid economy will take over. The LHC grid manufacturers have tested two grids in April 2004 with a massive flow of stimulated data.

Innovations, Technology application, Physics research, Grid computing

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