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Viewpoint: About the backlash faced by JK Rowling arguing against a ’sex spectrum’—Evolutionary biologist says maybe she was right
JK Rowling recently drew fire on social media for tweeting the statements to the effect that “biological sex is real.” ...
How do genetics and luck mix to determine life’s winners and losers?
Let’s begin with a question: Why do some people succeed in life while others fail? Is it because they are ...
Is evolution denial an attempt to ‘make humans special’?
Evolutionary biology has always been controversial. Not controversial among biologists, but controversial among the general public. This is largely because ...
No strings attached: Why are men more interested in casual sex?
First, is there any truth in [gender] stereotypes? And second, if there is, why? The answer to the first question, ...
Why cognitive inequality demands our attention
[April 28, 1996, Martin Bryant used] two rifles and a shotgun stashed inside a sports bag on the passenger seat ...
Video: Looking back at groundbreaking twins research—and its impact on genetics
“I have looked at the data, and I’m collecting the data, and I’m still absolutely astounded. I still haven’t settled ...
Traits of masculinity: What does it mean to ‘be a man’?
There are commonalities of human behavior that extend beyond any geographic or cultural boundary. Every known society has a sexual ...
Why don’t more women pursue STEM fields? There’s no easy answer
Many academics in the modern world seem obsessed with the sex difference in engagement with science, technology, mathematics, and engineering ...
Viewpoint: Gender equity debate demands understanding of biological differences
[Editor's notes: Marta Iglesias is a predoctoral researcher in the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Lisbon. Her research is focused on how ...
Decrying ‘neurosexism’: Are attempts to find biological gender differences justified?
“Neurosexism,” “populist science,” “neurotrash,” the problem with using terms like these to describe scientific investigations of sex differences is that ...
Genes trump parenting in shaping who we are
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I want you to ...