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Parasite makes men dumb, women sexy! A common parasite can increase a women's attractiveness to the opposite sex but also make men more stupid, an Australian researcher says. About 40 per cent of the world's population is infected with Toxoplasma gondii, including about eight million Australians. Human infection generally occurs when people eat raw or undercooked meat that has cysts containing the parasite, or accidentally ingest some of the parasite's eggs excreted by an infected cat. The parasite is known to be dangerous to pregnant women as it can cause disability or abortion of the unborn child, and can also kill people whose immune systems are weakened. Unt…

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Take part in drugs survey, drivers urged or Fuck off ,do you think were stupid enough to help you fuck us over! February 7, 2007 - 11:35PM SMH online Motorists are urged to have their say in a national survey on community attitudes towards drugs and driving. Information is limited on the prevalence of drug-driving, particularly in rural areas, but research last year found more than one in 10 drivers had driven after using recreational drugs. Dr Jane Mallick, director of the Australian Drug Foundation's (ADF) Centre for Youth Drug Studies, said the new national survey would target a wide cross-section of Australians in city and regional areas. She said the…

Painter Van Gogh and author Jack Kerouac were both hailed as geniuses but displayed self-destructive behaviour. Now scientists have discovered a gene which is linked to both intelligence and one of the most common forms of madness - schizophrenia Some interesting information relating to mental illness and the idea it could all just be in your genes One of the most devastating types of mental illness could be a by-product of the evolution of human beings’ uniquely sophisticated intelligence, a new genetic study has suggested. Scientists have discovered that a common version of a particular gene appears both to enhance a key thinking circuit in the brain, and to …

DRUG raids across Queensland's Sunshine Coast have ended in the arrest of 45 people for 130 offences, police say. Officers executed 50 search warrants across the region, stretching from coastal areas to the hinterland in a massive week-long operation last week. A police spokeswoman said among those arrested were two people charged with trafficking. The other 43 people were charged with mostly drug-related offences, she said. Two hydroponic set-ups and one amphetamine laboratory were found, as well as weapons. A large amount of cash and a number of laptops, alleged to be proceeds of crime, were also seized. Those charged will appear in the Maroochydore, Calound…