Biology

We’ll never agree on concepts if we can’t speak the same language — My husband thinks I’m crazy, but I enjoy arguing with strangers on the internet. It’s sort of why I wrote this entire piece: On Life, Liberty, and Abortion What Does The Science Say?melooley.medium.com Bookmark it for later; I think it’s good stuff, but it’s not what I’m here to talk about today. Today is…

What Does The Science Say? — This is a long piece — turns out I had a lot to say on the subject — so feel free to bookmark it to read in more than one session. It’s also link-heavy, mainly to referenced materials, so check the links before you ask me for citations. Cheers!

Perhaps it was not the most friendly introduction to scientific techniques, but PCR has been all over the news for what now looks like an eternity. Bu PCR is one of the many lab techniques used to test for the presence or absence of gene or gene mutation. Or to…

The Science of Metabolic Rates and Women’s Hormones that Cause Behavioral Changes With Age — Why Women Go Bat Sh*t Crazy With Age Many factors impact a woman’s ability to maintain a healthy weight, such as genetics, family history, and physical activity levels. However, there is also evidence suggesting that hormonal differences between men and women can also play a role. The endocrine system consists of glands throughout the body that secrete hormones…

Biology as Philosophy — What is the individual? What is its species? We know each adds up to the other, counterintuitive as that is. How much of this is there? Relative to that? What is around both? Is it like space that seems finite and time which seems to go on infinitely? Or is…