A collection of 17 posts
By dismissing the importance of biological sex, Robin Dembroff earned predictable acclaim from fellow scholars. But as a work of philosophy, ‘Real Men on Top’ is unconvincing and deeply flawed.
It's hard to convey to a non-track person how slow this meet was. Even for people past their prime.
When combined thoughtfully with traditional historical methods, analysis of ancient DNA can illuminate the lives, characters, and motivations of people long dead.
How a set of unglamorous enzymes quietly solved biology’s biggest problem: how to create and uphold a set of rules that make meaning from molecules.
Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Dr Karleen Gribble, who works in the field of maternal and infant health, on the impacts of desexed language on women’s healthcare and wellbeing.
Why the Left must take human evolution seriously.
A frightening injury at an NHL-sponsored transgender tournament in Wisconsin reminds us why women’s leagues should remain sex-protected spaces.
The progressive and the traditionalist are equally detached from the underlying reality as currently described by science.
As a biologically male player continues a meteoric rise on the female circuit, women are starting to speak out.
If confusion between moral and empirical claims persists, we will find ourselves asked to choose between the truth and our ethical preferences.
In June, my co-authors and I published an article describing the reality of biological sex. The resulting controversy persists to this day.
Most new technologies, when they are launched, arrive with a lot of hype. While 3D printing fits the business model for customized products, it is not yet cost effective in a commercial manufacturing sector which requires mass production.
The different physical attributes of males and females have functional consequences for sports-relevant outputs.
Everyday fudging of experimental data in laboratories cannot exclusively be explained by researchers’ desire to get an intuited result in a better-than-perfect form, as was the case with Mendel, or to distinguish themselves through the accuracy of their measurements, as with Millikan.
What are the physiological and anatomical differences between men and women that affect performance?