http://labs.daylife.com/journalist/c._claiborne_rayArticles by C. CLAIBORNE RAY, aggregated by daylife.comen-usTue, 24 Nov 2009 22:39:48 GMTTue, 24 Nov 2009 22:39:48 GMTDaylife Betaken@daylife.comken@daylife.comhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f2269ad56a243fb9ca5aee109e472bcbQ. My son, who had pin-straight hair at birth, developed very curly hair at puberty. Is this because the hair follicles change shape, perhaps influenced by hormone shifts? A. The straightness or curliness of hair has long been linked to the shape of ...Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:21:21 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f2269ad56a243fb9ca5aee109e472bcbNew York Times Companyhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=577cc127a0217fe7411bea10de9a2a3aQ. I have a soft-drink bottle cap with a trivia item printed inside that says that if a sheep and a goat mate, the offspring is a geep. Can this be true? A. It is sort of true. A geep is not actually an offspring of the sexual mating of one sheep and ...Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:29:38 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=577cc127a0217fe7411bea10de9a2a3aUniversity of Californiahttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e9ce57b79833fb5323772685075b8e79Q. Lemons have lots of seeds, and most oranges, too. But I’ve never encountered a seed in a lime. Why? A. The Tahiti or Persian lime you usually buy is a species that does not have seeds “because it is what we call a triploid,” said Fred G. Gmitter Jr. ...Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:19:51 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e9ce57b79833fb5323772685075b8e79University of FloridaNew York Times Companyhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=07ac9b2db846deab6b273c4c6049aadbQ. Why do some people get a sore arm at the site of a flu vaccine injection while others do not? A. “The short answer is that we don’t know for sure,” said Dr. E. Yoko Furuya, assistant director of epidemiology at NewYork-Presbyterian ...Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:33:55 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=07ac9b2db846deab6b273c4c6049aadbColumbia UniversityNew York Times Companyhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=dbf62f032f4fc1514e2eaad8179fd04cA. Vertigo is a symptom associated with multiple brain and inner-ear disorders, many of them treatable and possibly curable, said Dr. Dara G. Jamieson, associate professor of clinical neurology at Weill Cornell Medical College. While vertigo can be ...Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:30:30 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=dbf62f032f4fc1514e2eaad8179fd04chttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f6d0563f29bb5d42608db5cbf3a045cdQ. Can people eat acorns the way squirrels do? A. Acorns can be eaten by humans, but not raw, the way squirrels do, said Dr. Rui Hai Liu, a physician and an associate professor of food science at Cornell. Because of the tannins they contain, they can ...Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:40:01 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f6d0563f29bb5d42608db5cbf3a045cdNew York Times Companyhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=46269183b10ce8b241c73f796f57896cQ. Why are there no calorie counts on pet food labels? How many calories should a 10-pound cat eat? A. “There are no calorie counts on pet food since many pet foods have not been tested for digestibility and true content per cup or can,” said Joseph ...Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:55:05 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=46269183b10ce8b241c73f796f57896cCornell UniversityNew York Times Companyhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f2ad1e682bb527bdb067604911dcd28bQ. Why do identical twins have different fingerprints? Why do we have fingerprints to begin with? A. The probable answers to both questions are related to the minute differences in the mechanical forces each developing fetus experiences in the uterus ...Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:29:22 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f2ad1e682bb527bdb067604911dcd28bhttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=aab39eb78a37aa2f701488ba88f9429cQ. This summer I was bitten alive by mosquitoes, but my dog didn’t seem to be. Do dogs get mosquito bites? A. Mosquitoes do bite dogs and can carry heartworms, said Belinda S. Thompson, a veterinarian at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell. ...Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:18:25 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=aab39eb78a37aa2f701488ba88f9429chttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=735d62fd402d344a38827f24184881b1Q. Why do “normal” people talk to themselves? A. The old joke is that it is the only way to be sure of having an intelligent conversation, but it has some real uses. “Young children often conduct a conversation with an imaginary friend, or a real ...Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:56:38 GMThttp://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=735d62fd402d344a38827f24184881b1