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Aeon Magazine
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Jul 8, 2019
Natural, Shmatural
Mother Nature might be lovely, but moral she is not. She doesn’t love us or want…
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Jul 3, 2019
Life ≠ Alive
A cat is alive, a sofa is not: that much we know. But a sofa is also part of life…
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Jun 12, 2019
Are We Any Closer to Learning What Sparks Lightning?
It ignited life on Earth, propelled evolution…
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May 20, 2019
Like the Emperor’s New Clothes, DNA Kits Are a Tailored Illusion
Genetic ancestry kits provide an…
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May 12, 2019
Face It: A Farmed Animal Is Someone, Not Something
Farmed animals have personalities, smarts, even a…
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May 6, 2019
How Culture Works With Evolution to Produce Human Cognition
Our thinking devices — imitation…
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Mar 31, 2019
People Born Intersex Have a Right to Genital Integrity
Children born with in-between sex development…
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Mar 25, 2019
Is Bigger Always Better, or Will the Tiny Inherit the Earth?
Animals inevitably grow in size over…
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Mar 24, 2019
How Exactly Does Smell Unlock Buried Memories From the Past?
Our sense of smell gives flavor to food…
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Jan 15, 2019
Why Is Scientific Sexism So Intractably Resistant to Reform?
Harassment drove me out of physics 30…
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