Biology Tagged Episodes

December 6, 2020

News that life might exist or have existed on Mars or somewhere else in our…

March 17, 2019

“Blessed are the sleepy ones,” writes Nietzsche, “for they shall soon drop off.” Sleep is…

October 11, 2015

Recent advances in mapping the human genome suggest a vision of the future that might…

February 8, 2014

Humans are unique as the only creatures on this planet who tell stories. Whether it…

June 9, 2013

The world disclosed by the physical sciences can seem depressing. Modern physics, for example, has…

January 6, 2013

A new year offers an opportunity to reflect on the significant events of the previous…

February 20, 2011

Many people identify strongly with the ethnic or racial group to which they belong –…

June 13, 2010

Are people genuinely altruistic, or is altruism just a type of selfish-behavior?  Are other animals…

March 21, 2010

Astronomy is science; Astrology is pseudo-science. Evolutionary Biology is science; Creationism is pseudo-science. How about…

September 2, 2007

Monogamy is traditional in most cultures, and it is the law throughout America since Utah…

April 4, 2006

Aristotle’s philosophical doctrines have permeated and helped shape Western Culture in spheres as disparate as cosmology,…

June 22, 2004

When is genetic manipulation morally permissible? For health? Beauty? Wit? What sorts of animals is…

January 27, 2004

Is race a discredited pseudo-scientific category? Or a real dimension of difference among humans? Or…