natural selection
Astrobiologists took a novel view and used evolutionary processes as their guide.
AI is capable of self-reproduction—should humans be worried?
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Knowing the details of genetic variance may help improve personalized medicine.
Natural "narrative selection" was key to turning insignificant apes (who had tools for 2 million years) into the species that now dominates the bio-sphere.
We are what we are because of genes; we are who we are because of memes. Philosopher Daniel Dennett muses on an idea put forward by Richard Dawkins in 1976.
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A new genetic study sees us getting gently stupider over time.
In some countries at least, the “obstetrical dilemma” has been solved by modern medicine.