Everything is genetic, isn't it?

T here is hardly a trait, physical or behavioral, for which there is not at least some familial resemblance, especially among close relative...

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Genetics in an age of fundamentalism

I heard a program the other day on the BBC Radio 4's  In Our Time  about the origins, rise, and persistence of Chinese Legalism. Intro...

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How do we know what we think we know?

T wo stories collided yesterday to make me wonder, yet again, how we know what we think we know.  The first was from the latest BBC Radio 4 ...

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Would you still go into the lab if you knew life on Earth was going to end tomorrow?

O ne of the most stubborn tenets of a strict Darwinian view of the world is that we are inherently selfish.  Thus, everything we do is to en...

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Supergenes, genetic determinism, and evolution

Superorganisms Social insects, ants, bees, termites and so forth, that are collections of individuals specialized for carrying out one of th...

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