TriNetre - Archive for April 22, 2003
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April 22, 2003
Sex can be seasonal?
[Society]
@ 03:01 PM
Studies by Angelo Cagnacci and his colleagues at the Policlinico of Modena, in Italy have shown that "from September to November there were both more conceptions and a higher ratio of boys to girls conceived than would be expected or could be chalked up to chance. From March to May, the converse was true. "
According to Economist: "If so, it makes sense that more boys than girls would be conceived at the times of the year when they have a better chance of survival. This is because in biological, if not literary, terms, males are the weaker sex. They are more likely than females to perish at every stage of life, from pregnancy to old age."
How very interesting!
Look at Japanes companies
[Technology]
@ 08:50 AM
Two drastically different article on Japanese companies:
- Economist carries article titled Watching the world scroll by, which looks the the remarkably low importance given to IT in the corporate world and how higher up in Japanese corporate ladder are averse to embracing technology in their workplace and life.
- "How a Banana Saved a Company" at Business 2.0 follows the success of the mobile phone shaped like a Banana and how its manufacturing turned the tide for a Japanese company.
