Survival of the dishiest
The useless beauty of male birds is evidence of something evolutionists long struggled to accept: female agency.
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Arik Kershenbaum Q&A: “I’m happiest in a hammock, being woken by gibbon song”
The zoologist on emigrating to the UK, what the Civil War cost America, and the serenity of a world before…
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Why biological sex matters
Some argue that lived experience and personal choice trump biology – but they are wrong.
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David Scheel Q&A: “I studied octopuses from a yellow submarine”
The marine biologist on the Beatles, eliminating single-use plastic, and animal self-awareness.
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What cells tell us about life
Siddharta Mukherjee’s new study of how cells work reveals the complexities of the human body – and the science that…
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Why do humans kiss? Procrastinate? Take risks?
In a new radio series, the palaeoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals how science can help us rethink our behaviour.
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Richard Dawkins interview: “What I say in biology has become pretty much orthodoxy”
At 80, the evolutionary scientist and atheist still courts controversy. Will his influence survive a passion for social media?
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