dailymail.co.uk — Women living in cooler climates are more likely to give birth to boys than those in the tropics, a study has shown. Researchers claim to have found a link between the climate and latitude of a country and the proportion of boys born there. On average, for every 100 newborn girls born in the world, there are 105 boys.
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nerfatronApr 1, 2009
Much better version was already submitted here - <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/general_sciences/First_Link_Found_Between_Latitude_and_Sex_of_Babies" rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/general_sciences/First_Link_Found_ ...</a>I would rather digg New Scientist than yet another piece of dumbed down drivel from The Daily Fail.
fearlessfreepApr 2, 2009
Will global warming even out the ratio?
rain12913Apr 2, 2009
In a very large sample size?
diceauApr 2, 2009
They're not more fragile, it's just a very poor choice of word.
bubba9999Apr 2, 2009
I don't think he said anything about an impending birth. He said he was about to have a boy.
bubba9999Apr 2, 2009
I think the 5 boys that are left out get on digg.
rain12913Apr 2, 2009
Really? Their greater propensity towards dying due to medical ailments doesn't make them more fragile? Fragile is used in this context in the medical profession a lot.
olgadarlinApr 2, 2009
interesting, so I guess it doesn't work as well as I thought! haha here I was thinking I could accurately predict the gender of my future kids... but all in all very fascinating subject.