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Genetics
January 28, 2020
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Alex Shephard
Charles Murray Is Never Going Away
The author of "The Bell Curve" has a new book about race and genetics—because of course he does.
October 16, 2018
Jo Livingstone
The New DNA Paradigm
Do we control our genetic information, or is it controlling us?
August 16, 2016
Jaime Schultz
It’s Time To Stop Gender-Testing Athletes
April 29, 2016
Jeffrey Powell
To Fight Zika, Let’s Genetically Modify Mosquitoes
The old-fashioned way to fight insect-borne diseases.
April 12, 2016
Peter Bowes
The Experimental Diet That Mimics a Rare Genetic Mutation
A rare genetic disorder protects its carriers from disease and aging. What if a diet could replicate its effects?
December 17, 2015
Sri Krishna
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Diego Chowell
How Computers Help Biologists Hack Life’s Secrets
October 30, 2014
Alice Robb
Study: Genes, Not Just Medical Care, Affect Ebola Outcomes
August 18, 2014
Judith Shulevitz
Geneticists' New Obsession with Pregnancy Isn't Bad for Women
How epigenetics can bolster feminism
July 17, 2014
Alice Robb
Venus the “Chimera" Cat Is Probably Not a Real Chimera
A geneticist explains the cat's funny fur
January 29, 2013
Judith Shulevitz
Why Do Grandmothers Exist?
Solving an evolutionary mystery
October 31, 1994
Charles Murray
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Richard J. Herrnstein
Race, Genes and I.Q. — An Apologia
The case for conservative multiculturalism
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