May 2021

When we think of evolution, we usually think in terms of biology. We think of the accumulated biological differences that accrue to a species through a series of generations. This is sometimes characterized as a competition between individuals wherein the winners pass on their superior genes to subsequent generations and the losers become archaeological curiosities. […]

sex (seks), n. 1. either the male or female division of a species, esp. as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions. 2. the sum of the structural and functional differences by which the male and female are distinguished, or the phenomena of behavior dependent upon these differences. 3. the instinct or attraction drawing one

I just read an article in Discourse, the new online magazine from Mercatus Center, in which the author recalls her childhood in Taiwan under the Kuomintang one-party rule. The Kuomintang, also called the Chinese Nationalist Party, exercised one-party rule over the the island of Taiwan for 40 years, from 1949 to 1989, and still holds

This informative article by science-writer, Nicholas Wade, on Medium evaluates the different possible scenarios for how the COVID-19 virus might have been transmitted from bats into humans. Origin of Covid — Following the CluesDid people or nature open Pandora’s box at Wuhan?Nicholas Wade