Random links
- Early Food Choices Seem to Influence Taste for Salt Later
- The byline: "Infants fed starchy foods at 6 months of age tended to prefer salty flavor by preschool". Is it time to end the war on salt? - I'd answer that with a somewhat cautious yes.
- Is There A Pedophilia Gene?
- "A study conducted by neuroscientists at Turin University and researchers at the department of neurological science of the University of Milan asserts that pedophilia is caused by a defective growth factor called pleiotropic protein Progranulin (PGRN)" - the problem with the if-someone-is-born-that-way-then-it-must-be-OK view... at least if that's the entirety of the argument. I'd imagine that not everyone with the gene is a pedophile.
- 3 Man Chess
- The board game. The rules.
- Why Are There Statutes of Limitations in Child Rape Cases?
- Some interesting info on the extension of the statutes of limitations in recent years: "Historically, only murders were exempt from statute of limitations laws, but there’s been a general trend in the U.S. toward increasing the statute of limitations on sexual assaults in almost every jurisdiction. Pennsylvania is a good example of the wider trend: Before 1991, child sexual assault victims had two years to report inappropriate touching and five years to report a greater abuse, like sodomy or rape. As the Inquirer explains, the statute of limitations law in child sexual assault cases has been extended three times since then. Now, child victims have until they turn 50 to report sexual assaults." Worth a read.