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Science Has Yet To Isolate The Godiva Chocolate Or Prada Gene, But That Doesn't Mean Your Weakness For Pricey Swag Isn't Woven Into Your Dna. According To A New Study Of Identical Twins, It's Less Tv Ads Or Labor Day Sales That Make You Buy The Things You Do Than The Tastes And Temperaments That Are Already Part Of You At Birth.

The Truth, Of Course, Is That The Only Necessary And Sufficient Condition For Human Beings To Murder One Another Is The Simple Fact Of Being Human.

Identical Twins Are Ideal Lab Specimens For Studying The Difference Between Learned And Inherited Traits Since They Come From The Womb Preloaded With Matching Genetic Operating Systems. Any Meaningful Differences In Their Behaviors Or Personalities Are Thus Likely To Have Been Acquired, Not Innate.

Overspending Is As Certain A Part Of The Holiday Season As Overeating. But Pushing Away From Both The Table And The Cash Register At Least A Little Bit Sooner Can Make The Post-holiday Hangover Hurt A Little Bit Less.

There's Plenty To Read About Keeping Your Sanity While Raising Children, But It's All Common-sense Stuff About Task Division And Taking Breaks And The Relentlessly Repeated Magic Of Date Night With Your Spouse. What's Missing Is Some 'tude.