Beyond Analytics: Why a Human Being Is More Than a List of Parts
Science can list every element and cell in your body. This essay asks what that list misses, from your gut bacteria to the air you breathe.
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Biology, medicine, ecology, geography and climate.
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Natural Selection: How It Works and Why It Matters
In 1977 a drought hit a tiny Galápagos island, and a year later its finches had deeper beaks than before. No single bird had changed its beak. You learn how the population changed anyway, why Darwin thought nobody would ever see this, and what 'survival of the fittest' really means.
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