If mutations can go viral, adaptationism is less annoying.

Feb. 9, 2016: I have edited the paragraph beginning with "Exciting..." to remove details of mutation rates because my initial post...

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Autoantibodies not implicated in cases of autism?

Contrary results are a common feature of the autism peer-reviewed research landscape. No sooner does one group publish the next 'big thi...

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Censorship in science won't go viral

The BBC radio program, Inside Science, recently considered the issue of research into how viruses become transmissible between humans and w...

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