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ScienceDaily (Dec. 11, 2009) Is it a boy or a girl? Expecting parents may be accustomed to this question, but contrary to what they may think, the answer doesn't depend solely on their child's sex chromosomes.

Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany and the Medical Research Council's National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) at Mill Hill, UK discovered that if a specific gene located on a non-sex chromosome is turned off, cells in the ovaries of adult female mice turn into cells typically found in testes. Their study, published in Cell, challenges the long-held assumption that the development of female traits is a default pathway. At the same time, it grants a valuable insight into how sex determination evolved.

One of the thorniest issues that the newly installed leadership of the Federal Communications Commission is dealing with is net neutrality. In the long run, its likely that the trickiest part of the overall topic will be the application of the concept to the wireless world.

The net neutrality debate deals with the level to which a carrier should be allowed to control the delivery of lawful content on its network. The telecommunication world is wrestling with the balance between a content providers right to unfettered access to its potential audience and carriers right and, indeed, responsibility -- to manage the network in a responsible and efficient manner.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Take the hip-shaking on "Dancing with the Stars" and mix it with the challenges of "The Biggest Loser," and audiences will get the idea of a summer TV show in which overweight contestants shed pounds by dancing.
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