Two kinds of questions describe the relationship between evolution and religion. The first explores discrepancies, even contradictions, between the science of evolution and...
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What are applications of mathematics to research in evolution? What are categories or examples where mathematics generates deep insights? For example: population genetics,...
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Breakthroughs are whole new ways of thinking about biology. Darwinian evolution and the DNA revolution are prime examples. What else? Complex systems? Emergence? Reductionism...
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Sexual questions abound. What is “normal” sexual behavior vs. multiple variations? How to appreciate LGBTQ+ issues? What can be learned from sex in animal models that is...
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What is it about deception that it pervades all life? Deceptions are conditions or actions that communicate misinformation and hide truth, thus misleading other individuals...
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Why does deception characterize human behavior, from intimate relations between romantic partners to subterfuge and espionage between nation-state rivals? Deceptions are...
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What is the deep nature of biological communications? All life “communicates” by exchanging information with other life. So, when does communication become “language”...
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While evolution is how life on earth came to be, where does the evolution occur? At what level of the hierarchy of life—from genes to individuals to groups to...
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