Is genetics still metaphysical? Part VI. What might lead to a transformative insight in biology today--if we need one

I t's easy to complain about the state of the world, in this case, of the life sciences, and much harder to provide the Big New Insights...

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Is genetics still metaphysical? Part V. Examples of conditions that lead to transformative insights

A   commenter on this series asked what I thought that "a theory of biology should (realistically) aspire to predict?" The series ...

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Keeping your cool with global warming

Well, we just had to write, even over this holiday break (in the US), rather than just leave any hungry or un-turkeyed readers with just our...

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