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Editor's Selections: Funny Men and No-High Hemp

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As Psychology and Neuroscience Editor for ResearchBlogging.org, I feature the best posts about peer-reviewed research in those areas each week. Here are my Research Blogging Editor's Selections for this week.

  • At Inkfish, Elizabeth Preston asks, "Are Women Really Less Funny Than Men?" They might, but only a little bit. And the more interesting question is why that might be the case.

  • Why does marijuana get you high, but hemp doesn't? Dirk Hanson has the answers, and they lie in genetics. He writes, "More than 20 plant genomes have now been sequenced, including corn and rice, but Cannabis sativa marks the first genomic sequencing of a traditional medicinal plant."

That's it for this week... Check back next week for more great psychology and neuroscience blogging!

Jason G. Goldman is a science journalist based in Los Angeles. He has written about animal behavior, wildlife biology, conservation, and ecology for Scientific American, Los Angeles magazine, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the BBC, Conservation magazine, and elsewhere. He contributes to Scientific American's "60-Second Science" podcast, and is co-editor of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide (Yale University Press). He enjoys sharing his wildlife knowledge on television and on the radio, and often speaks to the public about wildlife and science communication.

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