
Economy recapitulates demography? (image source) Iranians count their rials in superunits of the toman, from a Mongol word for ten thousand soldiers. Remarkably, such a…

“If you come to any more conclusions about polymorphism, I shd [sic] be very glad to hear the result: it is delightful to have many…

We’re now ready to ask — and answer — the question: how much polymorphism is to be found in a given population? Remember that ‘polymorphism’…

The last post hinted at how useful it is to compare the amount of genetic variation found in one population to that found in another….

New Scientist has some intriguing recent stories on particular fronts of research, including a discussion of the search for so-called ‘shadow life‘ — meaning, essentially,…