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Friday, August 09, 2002 Today is... 1896: Birth of Jean Piaget, child psychologist 1776: Birth of Count Amedeo Avogadro, chemist and physicist known for Avogadro's constant and law 1945: Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki 1831: First steam train service from Albany to Schenectady, New York   10:53:25 AM  Your views [] Why men are taller than women A study to be published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences suggests that taller than average men and shorter than average women have greater reproductive succcess. This evolutionary pressure persists and so the relative heights of men and women are unlikely to change any generation soon. Shorter than average women are more successful in reproducing because they tend to reach puberty earlier.   9:28:28 AM  Your views [] < % radio.macros.weblogEditBox ()%>

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