books, culture, genetics & genomics

In Chapter 6, author Bill Sullivan explains how irrational fears can be passed down through transgenerational epigenetic inheritance.

The author of a new book about emerging concepts in human genetics considers the question.

In chapter 4, “Why Recreate the Woolly Mammoth?” author Britt Wray explores the social consequences of bringing an iconic species back from extinction.

One person’s quest to get to the bottom of the unique way he experiences food

Author Bob Holmes dove into the taste-determining realm of his genome.

Herding Hemingway's Cats, Hair: A Human History, Restless Creatures, and The Mind Club

Brain Storms, Orphan, Maize for the Gods, and Paranoid.

Gods of the Morning, Hedonic Eating, A Beautiful Question, and Genomic Messages

Stoned, Anxious, The Deeper Genome, and Testosterone

The Genealogy of a Gene, On the Move, The Chimp and the River, and Domesticated

The tale of p53, a widely studied tumor suppressor gene, illustrates the inventiveness of researchers who turn mishaps into discoveries.

In Chapter 12, "Of Mice and Men," author Sue Armstrong recounts the point at which researchers moved from working with p53 in tissue culture to studying the gene in animal models.

Me, Myself, and Why, RedDevil 4, Neanderthal Man, and Science from Sight to Insight

Rocket Girl, The Cancer Chronicles, Abominable Science!, and The Sports Gene

The Science of Love, Bad Pharma, Genes, Cells and Brains, and Nature Wars

Learning the intricacies of your own genetic profile is a double-edged sword.

In Chapter , "Genes, Freaks, DNA," author Sam Kean draws parallels between the lives of Gregor Mendel and Johannes Friedrich Miescher, who both made scientific discoveries that were truly ahead of their times.

The Wandering Gene and the Indian Princess, The Forever Fix, Connectome, and DNA USA