-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- changing winter conditions are causing scotland 's wild soay sheep to get smaller , according to a study that suggests climate change can trump natural selection . ca n't see me now : climate change could be shrinking soay sheep in scotland . the authors of the study published in `` science '' believe that it highlights how wide-ranging the effects of global climate change can be , adding further complexity to the changes we might expect to see in animal populations in future . `` it 's only in the last few years that we 've realized that evolution can influence species ' physical traits as quickly as ecological changes can . this study addresses one of the major goals of population biology , namely to untangle the ways in which evolutionary and environmental changes influence a species ' traits , '' said andrew sugden , deputy and international managing editor at science . when david beckham spoke last year of how he gets up to cook breakfast for his children , it was hailed as a fine example of hands-on parenting . but it seems that when it comes to the truth , no one bends it like beckham . his wife victoria , 38 , has now rubbished his version of events -- saying that it is she who gets up to cook while david , 37 , lies in bed -- and jokingly labelled her husband a ` liar ' in an interview with elle , the same magazine that carried david 's initial claims . contradiction : david beckham previously claimed that he woke at 6:45 am on an average day to make his children breakfast . but his wife victoria contradicted him and said that she often takes no the job . by . the researchers analyzed body-weight measurements and life-history data for the female members of a population of soay sheep . the sheep live on the island of hirta in the st. kilda archipelago of scotland and have been studied closely since 1985 . they selected body size because it is a heritable trait , and because the sheep have , on average , been decreasing in size for the last 25 years . according to the findings lambs are not growing as quickly as they once did as winters have become shorter so do not need to put on as much as weight in the first months of life to survive . the results suggest that the decrease is primarily an ecological response to environmental variation over the last 25 years . evolutionary change , the report says , has contributed relatively little . last summer , david said that on a typical day he would wake up at 6.45 am , before his children , to ensure ` breakfast is all ready for them , cooked by me ' . he added : ` my oldest son , brooklyn , likes these croissants with jam on . my middle son , romeo , he loves fruit , he loves mango and pineapple . ` cruz loves nutella on a croissant . and i have any scraps that are left over . ' but describing her typical day this week , victoria tells how she gets dressed , checks her emails then ` makes the kids ' breakfast ' . when told that her husband said last year that he makes the children 's breakfast , she said : ` well , he lied . he lied . `` sheep are getting smaller . well , at least the wild soay sheep living on a remote scottish island are . but according to classic evolutionary theory , they should have been getting bigger , because larger sheep tend to be more likely to survive and reproduce than smaller ones , and offspring tend to resemble their parents , '' said study author tim coulson of imperial college london . ` let me tell you now , he is not the . one . i 'm always like , `` go and shake daddy and get him out of bed , tell . him that he has to take you to school . '' ' get him up : victoria jokingly called her husband a ` liar ' and said she often tells her children to ` go and shake daddy and get him out of bed ' ben spencer . the benefits of statins outweigh the risk of side effects , a group of health experts claim . overwhelming evidence now shows that the benefits of statins vastly outweigh the risk of side effects , a group of health experts has claimed . six professors from british universities yesterday entered the growing debate about the use of statins , the uk 's most prescribed drug . children : victoria , seen here with sons cruz and romeo , described a typical day , saying she gets dressed , checks her emails then ` makes the kids ' breakfast ' `` our findings have solved a paradox that has tormented biologists for years -- why predictions did not match observation . biologists have realized that ecological and evolutionary processes are intricately intertwined , and they now have a way of dissecting out the contribution of each . unfortunately it is too early to tell whether a warming world will lead to pocket-sized sheep , '' said coulson . the couple have four children , brooklyn , 13 , romeo , 10 , cruz , seven , and one-year-old harper . the businesswoman whose fashion label is now renowned throughout the world said she never switches off . many gps and patients are concerned about their over-prescription , which some say will needlessly expose people to side effects such as muscle pain and diabetes . but the group of leading cardiologists and epidemiologists dismissed fears about side effects as misrepresentative and misleading . professor george davey smith , clinical epidemiologist at bristol university , said ` the jury is no longer out ' on statins . he said : ` trials have shown unequivocally that statins reduce coronary heart disease mortality and there are very low levels of severe side effects . ` we are not forcing these tablets down people 's throats , we are giving people the evidence on which to make a decision . ' she claimed she has not had a holiday for four years : ' a lot of people do n't have holidays . i 'm a workaholic , david 's a workaholic . professor davey smith added that a great root of the misunderstanding is that people on statins tend to blame the drug for any minor health problem . he said : ` because people have symptoms they look for an explanation and their doctors look for an explanation , and they attribute it to the tablet . ' their intervention comes just a fortnight before the national institute for health and care excellence is due to publish new guidelines that will radically increase the use of the drug . the medication is currently only available to those at a 20 per cent risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke within the next decade . some seven million britons already take the drug . the new guidance will advise gps to prescribe statins to anyone deemed to have a 10 per cent risk , which is estimated to increase the number on statins by up to ten million . the planned shift to ` pre-emptive ' prescribing has led some gps to warn that many people will be given the drugs who do not need them . dr kailash chand , deputy chairman of the british medical association , said : ` statins are very useful for people at high risk , those who have had a stroke or heart attack . new guidance advises gps to prescribe statins to anyone with a 10 per cent risk , leading some gps to warn that people who do n't need the drug might be given it . ` but to prescribe these drugs to those at low risk prompts a real concern we are over-medicalising and over-statinising britain . ` statins definitely have side effects -- that is what i have seen after 30 years of prescribing them as a gp . to say otherwise is just not true . ' but oxford university professor sir rory collins said trials have definitively shown that taking statins over five years increases the risk of side effects by less than 1 per cent . ` we joke and say ` one day when the kids are grown up , we 'll start with holidays . ' he added : ` it is n't irrelevant to have a heart attack , it is a major life-changing event . ` for many people a stroke is a life-changing event . to avoid these is important . ` if one looks at the absolute risk , which is less than 1 per cent , and you look at the absolute benefit , the benefits in those terms outweigh the risk . '
david beckham previously claimed he woke at 6:45 am to get breakfast ready . but victoria contradicted him , jokingly calling her husband a ` liar ' said she often tells the kids to ` go and shake daddy and get him out of bed '
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- changing winter conditions are causing scotland 's wild soay sheep to get smaller , according to a study that suggests climate change can trump natural selection . ca n't see me now : climate change could be shrinking soay sheep in scotland . the authors of the study published in `` science '' believe that it highlights how wide-ranging the effects of global climate change can be , adding further complexity to the changes we might expect to see in animal populations in future . `` it 's only in the last few years that we 've realized that evolution can influence species ' physical traits as quickly as ecological changes can . this study addresses one of the major goals of population biology , namely to untangle the ways in which evolutionary and environmental changes influence a species ' traits , '' said andrew sugden , deputy and international managing editor at science . when david beckham spoke last year of how he gets up to cook breakfast for his children , it was hailed as a fine example of hands-on parenting . but it seems that when it comes to the truth , no one bends it like beckham . his wife victoria , 38 , has now rubbished his version of events -- saying that it is she who gets up to cook while david , 37 , lies in bed -- and jokingly labelled her husband a ` liar ' in an interview with elle , the same magazine that carried david 's initial claims . contradiction : david beckham previously claimed that he woke at 6:45 am on an average day to make his children breakfast . but his wife victoria contradicted him and said that she often takes no the job . by . the researchers analyzed body-weight measurements and life-history data for the female members of a population of soay sheep . the sheep live on the island of hirta in the st. kilda archipelago of scotland and have been studied closely since 1985 . they selected body size because it is a heritable trait , and because the sheep have , on average , been decreasing in size for the last 25 years . according to the findings lambs are not growing as quickly as they once did as winters have become shorter so do not need to put on as much as weight in the first months of life to survive . the results suggest that the decrease is primarily an ecological response to environmental variation over the last 25 years . evolutionary change , the report says , has contributed relatively little . last summer , david said that on a typical day he would wake up at 6.45 am , before his children , to ensure ` breakfast is all ready for them , cooked by me ' . he added : ` my oldest son , brooklyn , likes these croissants with jam on . my middle son , romeo , he loves fruit , he loves mango and pineapple . ` cruz loves nutella on a croissant . and i have any scraps that are left over . ' but describing her typical day this week , victoria tells how she gets dressed , checks her emails then ` makes the kids ' breakfast ' . when told that her husband said last year that he makes the children 's breakfast , she said : ` well , he lied . he lied . `` sheep are getting smaller . well , at least the wild soay sheep living on a remote scottish island are . but according to classic evolutionary theory , they should have been getting bigger , because larger sheep tend to be more likely to survive and reproduce than smaller ones , and offspring tend to resemble their parents , '' said study author tim coulson of imperial college london . ` let me tell you now , he is not the . one . i 'm always like , `` go and shake daddy and get him out of bed , tell . him that he has to take you to school . '' ' get him up : victoria jokingly called her husband a ` liar ' and said she often tells her children to ` go and shake daddy and get him out of bed ' ben spencer . the benefits of statins outweigh the risk of side effects , a group of health experts claim . overwhelming evidence now shows that the benefits of statins vastly outweigh the risk of side effects , a group of health experts has claimed . six professors from british universities yesterday entered the growing debate about the use of statins , the uk 's most prescribed drug . children : victoria , seen here with sons cruz and romeo , described a typical day , saying she gets dressed , checks her emails then ` makes the kids ' breakfast ' `` our findings have solved a paradox that has tormented biologists for years -- why predictions did not match observation . biologists have realized that ecological and evolutionary processes are intricately intertwined , and they now have a way of dissecting out the contribution of each . unfortunately it is too early to tell whether a warming world will lead to pocket-sized sheep , '' said coulson . the couple have four children , brooklyn , 13 , romeo , 10 , cruz , seven , and one-year-old harper . the businesswoman whose fashion label is now renowned throughout the world said she never switches off . many gps and patients are concerned about their over-prescription , which some say will needlessly expose people to side effects such as muscle pain and diabetes . but the group of leading cardiologists and epidemiologists dismissed fears about side effects as misrepresentative and misleading . professor george davey smith , clinical epidemiologist at bristol university , said ` the jury is no longer out ' on statins . he said : ` trials have shown
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- changing winter conditions are causing scotland 's wild soay sheep to get smaller , according to a study that suggests climate change can trump natural selection . ca n't see me now : climate change could be shrinking soay sheep in scotland . the authors of the study published in `` science '' believe that it highlights how wide-ranging the effects of global climate change can be , adding further complexity to the changes we might expect to see in animal populations in future . `` it 's only in the last few years that we 've realized that evolution can influence species ' physical traits as quickly as ecological changes can . this study addresses one of the major goals of population biology , namely to untangle the ways in which evolutionary and environmental changes influence a species ' traits , '' said andrew sugden , deputy and international managing editor at science . when david beckham spoke last year of how he gets up to cook breakfast for his children , it was hailed as a fine example of hands-on parenting . but it seems that when it comes to the truth , no one bends it like beckham . his wife victoria , 38 , has now rubbished his version of events -- saying that it is she who gets up to cook while david , 37 , lies in bed -- and jokingly labelled her husband a ` liar ' in an interview with elle , the same magazine that carried david 's initial claims . contradiction : david beckham previously claimed that he woke at 6:45 am on an average day to make his children breakfast . but his wife victoria contradicted him and said that she often takes no the job . by . the researchers analyzed body-weight measurements and life-history data for the female members of a population of soay sheep . the sheep live on the island of hirta in the st. kilda archipelago of scotland and have been studied closely since 1985 . they selected body size because it is a heritable trait , and because the sheep have , on average , been decreasing in size for the last 25 years . according to the findings lambs are not growing as quickly as they once did as winters have become shorter so do not need to put on as much as weight in the first months of life to survive . the results suggest that the decrease is primarily an ecological response to environmental variation over the last 25 years . evolutionary change , the report says , has contributed relatively little . last summer , david said that on a typical day he would wake up at 6.45 am , before his children , to ensure ` breakfast is all ready for them , cooked by me ' . he added : ` my oldest son , brooklyn , likes these croissants with jam on . my middle son , romeo , he loves fruit , he loves mango and pineapple . ` cruz loves nutella on a croissant . and i have any scraps that are left over . ' but describing her typical day this week , victoria tells how she gets dressed , checks her emails then ` makes the kids ' breakfast ' . when told that her husband said last year that he makes the children 's breakfast , she said : ` well , he lied . he lied . `` sheep are getting smaller . well , at least the wild soay sheep living on a remote scottish island are . but according to classic evolutionary theory , they should have been getting bigger , because larger sheep tend to be more likely to survive and reproduce than smaller ones , and offspring tend to resemble their parents , '' said study author tim coulson of imperial college london . ` let me tell you now , he is not the . one . i 'm always like , `` go and shake daddy and get him out of bed , tell . him that he has to take you to school . '' ' get him up : victoria jokingly called her husband a ` liar ' and said she often tells her children to ` go and shake daddy and get him out of bed ' ben spencer . the benefits of statins outweigh the risk of side effects , a group of health experts claim . overwhelming evidence now shows that the benefits of statins vastly outweigh the risk of side effects , a group of health experts has claimed . six professors from british universities yesterday entered the growing debate about the use of statins , the uk 's most prescribed drug . children : victoria , seen here with sons cruz and romeo , described a typical day , saying she gets dressed , checks her emails then ` makes the kids ' breakfast ' `` our findings have solved a paradox that has tormented biologists for years -- why predictions did not match observation . biologists have realized that ecological and evolutionary processes are intricately intertwined , and they now have a way of dissecting out the contribution of each . unfortunately it is too early to tell whether a warming world will lead to pocket-sized sheep , '' said coulson . the couple have four children , brooklyn , 13 , romeo , 10 , cruz , seven , and one-year-old harper . the businesswoman whose fashion label is now renowned throughout the world said she never switches off . many gps and patients are concerned about their over-prescription , which some say will needlessly expose people to side effects such as muscle pain and diabetes . but the group of leading cardiologists and epidemiologists dismissed fears about side effects as misrepresentative and misleading . professor george davey smith , clinical epidemiologist at bristol university , said ` the jury is no longer out ' on statins . he said : ` trials have shown
-lrb- cnn -- changing winter conditions are causing scotland 's wild soay sheep get smaller, according that suggests can trump natural selection ca n't see me now : climate change could shrinking soay sheep in scotland. the authors published `` science '' believe it highlights how wide, adding further complexity the changes we might animal populations. `` it 's only in ' realized that evolution influence species ' physical traits as quickly ecological changes. this study addresses one population biology, namely untangle the ways evolutionary and environmental changes a species ' traits '' said andrew sugden deputy and international managing editor science. when david beckham spoke last of gets up cook breakfast, it hailed a fine example. but seems when the truth, bends it like beckham. his wife victoria, 38 has now rubbished his version -- it she gets up cook while david, 37 lies -- jokingly labelled a ` liar in elle the same magazine carried david 's initial claims contradiction : david beckham previously claimed woke at an average day make his children breakfast. but his wife victoria contradicted often takes no the job. by. the researchers analyzed body-weight measurements the female members soay sheep. the sheep live the island hirta in the st. kilda archipelago of scotland and have studied closely 1985. they selected body size because a heritable trait, the sheep, on been decreasing according the findings lambs not growing once as winters become shorter so do need put as weight to survive. the results suggest the decrease is primarily an ecological response environmental variation over. evolutionary change, the report contributed relatively. last summer, david said that on wake, before his children, ensure ` breakfast is all, cooked by me he added : ` my oldest son, brooklyn likes these croissants with jam. my middle son, romeo he loves fruit mango pineapple ` cruz loves nutella on. and i any scraps that. ' but describing her typical day this week, victoria tells how gets dressed, checks her emails then ` makes the kids ' breakfast when told her husband said last makes the children 's breakfast, ` well, lied he lied. `` sheep are getting smaller. well, at least the wild soay sheep living a remote scottish island are. but according classic evolutionary theory, they should getting bigger, larger sheep tend likely and than and offspring tend resemble '' said study author tim coulson imperial college london ` let now, he. one. i ' always like, `` go and shake daddy and get bed, tell. him that to take you school. '' ' get him up : victoria jokingly called her husband a ` liar and often tells ` go and shake daddy and get out ben spencer. the benefits statins outweigh, a group health experts claim. overwhelming evidence now the benefits statins vastly, a group claimed six professors british universities yesterday entered the growing debate statins, the uk 's most prescribed drug. children : victoria seen sons cruz romeo described a typical day, saying she gets dressed, checks her emails then ` makes the kids ' breakfast ' `` our findings have solved a paradox tormented biologists -- why predictions did match observation biologists realized ecological and evolutionary processes intricately, they now dissecting out the contribution. unfortunately it too a warming world pocket-sized sheep, '' said coulson. the couple have, brooklyn 13 romeo 10 cruz seven one-year-old harper the businesswoman whose fashion label now renowned throughout said never switches off. many gps and patients are concerned their over-prescription, which some say will needlessly expose people muscle pain diabetes but the group of leading cardiologists dismissed fears misrepresentative misleading. professor george davey smith, clinical epidemiologist at bristol university said ` the jury no ' statins. he said : ` trials have unequivocally statins reduce there very low levels severe side effects. ` we forcing these tablets down people 's throats, we giving people the evidence on which make. ' she claimed has not had a holiday : a lot do n't. i '. professor davey smith added that a great root the misunderstanding people on statins tend blame any minor health problem. he said : ` because people symptoms they look an explanation their doctors look, attribute the tablet. ' their intervention comes just fortnight the national institute health and care excellence radically increase the drug. the medication currently only at a 20 per cent risk suffering within. some seven million britons already take the drug. the new guidance will advise gps to prescribe statins anyone deemed, which estimated increase on ten million. the planned shift ` preemptive ' prescribing has led some gps warn many people given the drugs who do. dr kailash chand, deputy chairman the british medical association, : ` statins very useful at, those had. new guidance advises gps prescribe statins anyone a 10 per cent risk, leading warn people n't the drug given. ` but to prescribe these drugs those at low risk prompts a real concern we overmedicalising andstatinising britain. ` statins definitely side effects -- that what i have after 30 years prescribing as a gp. to say otherwise just not. ' but oxford university professor sir rory collins said trials have definitively taking statins over five years increases side effects by less. ` we joke and say one when the kids grown, 'll start with holidays. ' he added : ` it n't irrelevant have a heart attack, it a major life-changing event. ` for many people a stroke. to avoid these is important. ` if one looks the absolute risk, which less per and you the benefits in those terms outweigh '
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- changing winter conditions are causing scotland 's wild soay sheep to get smaller , according to a study that suggests climate change can trump natural selection . ca n't see me now : climate change could be shrinking soay sheep in scotland . the authors of the study published in `` science '' believe that it highlights how wide-ranging the effects of global climate change can be , adding further complexity to the changes we might expect to see in animal populations in future . `` it 's only in the last few years that we 've realized that evolution can influence species ' physical traits as quickly as ecological changes can . this study addresses one of the major goals of population biology , namely to untangle the ways in which evolutionary and environmental changes influence a species ' traits , '' said andrew sugden , deputy and international managing editor at science . when david beckham spoke last year of how he gets up to cook breakfast for his children , it was hailed as a fine example of hands-on parenting . but it seems that when it comes to the truth , no one bends it like beckham . his wife victoria , 38 , has now rubbished his version of events -- saying that it is she who gets up to cook while david , 37 , lies in bed -- and jokingly labelled her husband a ` liar ' in an interview with elle , the same magazine that carried david 's initial claims . contradiction : david beckham previously claimed that he woke at 6:45 am on an average day to make his children breakfast . but his wife victoria contradicted him and said that she often takes no the job . by . the researchers analyzed body-weight measurements and life-history data for the female members of a population of soay sheep . the sheep live on the island of hirta in the st. kilda archipelago of scotland and have been studied closely since 1985 . they selected body size because it is a heritable trait , and because the sheep have , on average , been decreasing in size for the last 25 years . according to the findings lambs are not growing as quickly as they once did as winters have become shorter so do not need to put on as much as weight in the first months of life to survive . the results suggest that the decrease is primarily an ecological response to environmental variation over the last 25 years . evolutionary change , the report says , has contributed relatively little . last summer , david said that on a typical day he would wake up at 6.45 am , before his children , to ensure ` breakfast is all ready for them , cooked by me ' . he added : ` my oldest son , brooklyn , likes these croissants with jam on . my middle son , romeo , he loves fruit , he loves mango and pineapple . ` cruz loves nutella on a croissant . and i have any scraps that are left over . ' but describing her typical day this week , victoria tells how she gets dressed , checks her emails then ` makes the kids ' breakfast ' . when told that her husband said last year that he makes the children 's breakfast , she said : ` well , he lied . he lied . `` sheep are getting smaller . well , at least the wild soay sheep living on a remote scottish island are . but according to classic evolutionary theory , they should have been getting bigger , because larger sheep tend to be more likely to survive and reproduce than smaller ones , and offspring tend to resemble their parents , '' said study author tim coulson of imperial college london . ` let me tell you now , he is not the . one . i 'm always like , `` go and shake daddy and get him out of bed , tell . him that he has to take you to school . '' ' get him up : victoria jokingly called her husband a ` liar ' and said she often tells her children to ` go and shake daddy and get him out of bed ' ben spencer . the benefits of statins outweigh the risk of side effects , a group of health experts claim . overwhelming evidence now shows that the benefits
 The article discusses how changing winter conditions in Scotland are affecting sheep farming, with warmer winters leading to smaller sheep and changes in their behavior.