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George Johnson (
The Cancer Chronicles
,
Raw Data
) and John Horgan (
Stevens Center for Science Writings
,
Cross-Check
)
Fear, loathing, and consciousness in Las Vegas
.
00:00
Are females (including human ones) unforgiving?
.
07:01
The bizarre rise in average IQ
.
11:41
What does your birth order say about you?
.
21:54
The trouble with psychiatric drugs
.
39:02
The real engine of evolutionary change
.
46:49
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NYT article on first-borns and intelligence
Politics and the Life Sciences roundtable on birth order and rebelliousness
Frank Sulloway’s web site
Erwin essay on a new Darwinian paradigm
Carol Kaesuk Yoon article on evo devo
Gould on hopeful monsters
John on Frank Sulloway’s “Born to Rebel”
John on the Flynn effect
Science Saturday | Jun 29, 2007 | George Johnson & John Horgan
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Trump’s assault on Mike Pence
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How did conservatives go from Burke to Alinsky?
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Quantum spookiness explained!
Science writer George Musser explains one of physics’ strangest concepts to John Horgan.
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Avoiding a eugenics arms race
Robert Wright and Jamie Metzl, author of
Hacking Darwin
, discuss the challenges that genetic engineering poses for the international community.
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How young is too young for movement conservatism?
Daniel Kaufman and Kevin Currie-Knight air their worries about the young intellectual Coleman Hughes’ career path.
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“I wasn’t anybody’s pet”
Glenn Loury talks about the pride he took in being a uniquely situated Black public intellectual in the 80s.
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