Well, we regularly post on the uncertainties in science and the way these are cherry-picked to serve various vested interest, and are debate...

Science, and its handmaiden technology, have a grip on western industrialized society. It is one of our deepest religions. Politicians on ...

We've pointed out the history of genetics as a highly empirical research program that has led to an unprecedented century of new knowled...

Choosing to wear blinkers Yesterday, we suggested that even the early geneticists were well aware of the multifactorial causation of traits...

What geneticists used to know We've been reading the writings of some of the early geneticists, and have been struck by how many of the...

I've written before about Polymeadows Farm , the dairy goat farm run by my sister and her husband, with invaluable assistance from thei...

Are we on the verge of a swing back to environmentalism? Otherwise known as the 'nurture' of the 'nature/nurture' dichotomy...