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The Evolutionary Origin of Descending Testicles (nytimes.com)
51 points by anarbadalov on June 29, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 9 comments



it is pretty much clear that it is because of temperature, yet what specific effects lower temp plays is still a matter of research, and i find this interesting wrt. various studies of epigenetics emerging in recent times:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4142806/

" we hypothesize that, at least for some loci, the sex-specific epigenetic remodeling process might be influenced by the temperatures at which male and female gonads are exposed during the acquisition of a new imprinting. "


Why has it become acceptable to place ads in-between the text of an article (mobile at least)? I counted no less than 4 ads within the article. They almost always bug my browser out when they're loading while I'm reading through the article. Not to mention making the whole end-user experience terrible.


Amusingly, they call them "CompanionColumns" in the html. I'm sure there's a uBlock filter one could create.


That is how newspapers have been for centuries.


No. Newspapers would have article conintued on page # that would break up an article. The ads were not within the article/wall of texts themselves. Those ads also didn't break or hinder the the medium through which the text was displayed.


The stories that get voted to the front page of HN confuse me at times...


It's just nuts...


If they were internal they would be impossible to scratch. I can't see how this a mystery.


Humans would find a way.




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