- This week, at Nothing in Biology Makes Sense! Can we make the future more prosperous and healthy by steering evolution?
- And, at The Molecular Ecologist: A genomic scan for adaptation that probably misses a lot of the genome.
- Hope Jahren makes the trend personal. A raw testimonial to the risks women can face in science.
- Here’s hoping. How the People’s Climate March aims to reframe the climate change debate.
- Old-school sci-fi optimism. About, of all things, a consumerist apocalypse.
- Wow. A new genetic discovery will revolutionize wheat breeding.
- Can’t say I’ll miss them. Artificial sweeteners may screw up metabolism by changing the gut microbiome.
- Guess it’s preferable to plain old politics. The case for political science.
- Your bright point of hope for the week. Alison Bechdel is awarded a MacArthur “genius” grant, which is a perfect reason to go read her comics.
- Yum! The scientific method explained via cookies.
Denim & Tweed
Ignoti, sed non occulti.
