Genetics (Non-medical)

The concept of heredity is fundamental to how we see ourselves and others. It goes far beyond the obvious continuity of physical traits across gene...

This unflinching expose of racially biased research--the Alt-Right's scientific wing--debunks both old and emerging claims of inborn racial dispari...

Darwin''s nineteenth-century writings laid the foundations for modern studies of evolution, and theoretical developments in the mid-twentieth centu...

ONE OF AMAZON'S TOP 100 BOOKS OF 2014 Neanderthal Man tells the story of geneticist Svante Paabo's mission to answer this question: what can we le...

New research and innovations in the field of science are leading to life-changing and world-altering discoveries like never before. What does the h...

The question of why an individual would actively kill itself has long been an evolutionary mystery. Pierre M. Durand's ambitious book answers this ...

A deeply reported look at the rise of home genetic testing and the seismic shock it has had on individual lives   You swab your cheek or spit in a ...

Sean Carroll explores how evolution has shaped nature's wondrous complexity and diversity, from insects to octopuses, from mice to men.We not only...