Research Articles
When Science and Education Failed: The Troubling History of Eugenics in College Textbooks
Exploring how eugenics infiltrated college textbooks and education policy in early 20th century America, with lasting implications for science and society.
Redrawing the Blueprint: How Chimeric RNA Networks Are Revolutionizing Our Understanding of Human Genetics
Discover how chimeric RNA networks are challenging traditional genetics and opening new frontiers in biomedical research and clinical applications.
The Social Puzzle: How Genetics and Culture Built Our Cooperative World
Exploring the evolutionary puzzle of cooperation through genetics and cultural mechanisms that shape our social world.
The Evolving Framework: How Breakthroughs Are Reshaping Evolutionary Theory
Exploring how cutting-edge experiments are rebuilding evolutionary theory's foundations with profound implications for medicine, ecology, and artificial intelligence.
The Genetic Jekyll and Hyde: How a Tiny DNA Change Protects Against Some Autoimmune Diseases While Fueling Others
Discover how the rs35667974 polymorphism in the IFIH1 gene paradoxically protects against certain autoimmune diseases while increasing risk for others through structural biological insights.
The Chromosome Counter: How Glowing Proteins Revolutionized Plant Genetics
Discover how fluorescent proteins enabled real-time chromosome counting in plant gametes, revolutionizing genetics research in Arabidopsis thaliana.
The Diversity Engine: How Life's Mutation Machines Drive Evolution
Discover how life actively engineers its own genetic diversity through sophisticated diversity-generating mechanisms that accelerate evolution beyond Darwinian limits.
Evolution's Prescription: How Our Deep Genetic Past is Revolutionizing Modern Medicine
Exploring how evolutionary medicine is transforming human health by decoding biological arms races written in our genomes.
The Tragic Irony of Heinrich Poll: The Eugenicist Who Fell Victim to His Own Science
The story of Heinrich Wilhelm Poll, a geneticist whose Jewish heritage made him a target of the very racial policies he helped create.