"Physical attractiveness is a highly heritable trait, which disproportionately increases the reproductive success of daughters much more than that of sons. If more attractive parents have more daughters and if physical attractiveness is heritable, it logically follows that women over many generations gradually become more physically attractive on average than men."

- Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist at the London School of Economics


"This is a great model for understanding why we end up in a rut, and then dig ourselves deeper and deeper into that rut."

- Robert Sapolsky, a neurobiologist at Stanford University School of Medicine, on research that has found the brain to be a co-conspirator in persistent stress. But there's good news: Taking a break from the stress helps "remodel" the brain.

"Electric cars are a disruptive technology, and Toyota knows that. I wouldn't say Toyota is killing the electric vehicle. Perhaps Toyota is scared."

- Hiroshi Shimizu, professor of environment and information studies at Keio University in Tokyo, on why the car-industry leader seems to be lagging on developing electric-car technology.

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