In chapter 5, “The Technology Ticket,” contributing author Uris Baldos urges acceptance and investment in “precision agriculture” to provide for a burgeoning global population.
In chapter 4, “Why Recreate the Woolly Mammoth?” author Britt Wray explores the social consequences of bringing an iconic species back from extinction.
Researchers are using the powerful gene-editing tool to recreate the woolly mammoth.
Author Bob Holmes dove into the taste-determining realm of his genome.
One person’s quest to get to the bottom of the unique way he experiences food
The public may still believe that male-specific traits, such as high testosterone levels, lead to many of the gender inequalities that exist in society, but science tells a different story.
Scientists who study the lifestyle disorder must do a better job of incorporating political and social science into their work.
Scientific progress is only achieved when humans' innate sense of understanding is validated by objective reality.
A new approach shows how both honesty and deception are stable features of noisy communication.
In the prologue, “Lemurs and the Delights of Fieldwork,” author Ian Tattersall shares the paleoanthropological lessons he learned from studying non-human primates in Madagascar.
The nationwide experiment will initially include around 100,000 volunteers.
After implantation, the tissue developed blood vessels and became integrated into neuronal networks in the animals’ brains.
Researchers deliver small interfering RNAs loaded into nanoparticles into the ears of adult guinea pigs to regenerate hair cells damaged by noise.
The US Senate narrowly approved the politician, who does not have a science background.
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