Evolutionary Biology

Podcast #266: Reading and Writing Science

Iona Italia talks to eminent evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins about science, literature, and genetics.

Quillette

4 Jan 2025 · 23 min read

A colourful male and dull female mandarin duck. Representing sexual dimorphism.

Race Is a Spectrum. Sex Is Pretty Damn Binary

Male versus female is one of surprisingly few genuine dichotomies.

Richard Dawkins

6 Sep 2024 · 12 min read

Frans de Waal (29 October 1948 – 14 March 2024) Alamy

Of Monkeys and Men

The Extraordinary Life and Work of Frans de Waal

Lawrence M. Krauss

23 Mar 2024 · 7 min read

Razib Khan Answers My Most Controversial Questions About Genetics: Quillette Cetera Episode 30

A conversation with geneticist and writer Razib Khan.

Zoe Booth / Razib Khan

23 Feb 2024 · 1 min read

The Unexpected Benefits of Artificial Intimacy: Quillette Cetera Episode 21

An interview with evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks about the positive aspects of AI lovers.

Zoe Booth

29 Oct 2023 · 2 min read

Male or Female: There's Nothing In Between

Since the dawn of our species, the evolution of two distinct sexes has been fundamental to human reproduction. There is no such thing as a ‘sex spectrum.’

Zachary A. Elliott

25 Sep 2023 · 17 min read

Charles Darwin: The Best Scientist-Writer of All Time

The Voyage of the Beagle is a literary masterpiece, as well as a scientific one.

Lawrence M. Krauss

18 Sep 2023 · 9 min read

When Animals Shed Their Wings

Worker ants can sprout wings—but don’t. Ant and termite queens destroy theirs after mating. Many island birds evolve into flightlessness. Can evolution explain why?

Richard Dawkins

5 May 2022 · 7 min read

Diamonds Aren't Forever (And Neither is Your Love)

Diamond is the most valuable, not only of precious stones, but of all things in this world. ~Pliny The Elder Loving someone, and having them love you back, is the most precious thing in the world. ~Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook At age 11, I first glimpsed the bewildering anthropologic spectacle

Rob Brooks

17 Feb 2022 · 14 min read

Imperial College London’s Cancel Campaign Against Its Own Founders

The connection with the Beit family and its financial generosity has continued almost unbroken since the founding of the College.

Stephen Warren

21 Jan 2022 · 17 min read

Naturally Selective: Female Orgasm and Female Sexual Selection

Female orgasms themselves could, once again, be roughly divided into being located either deep inside or comparatively on the surface.

Robert King

7 Jan 2022 · 9 min read

PODCAST 103: Colin Wright on the State of Academic Science, Gender, and His Latest Career Move

Evolutionary Biologist (and new Quillette Managing Editor) Colin Wright on the State of Academic Science, Gender, and His Latest Career Move

Quillette / Colin Wright

8 Aug 2020 · 1 min read

The New Evolution Deniers by Colin Wright

Greg Ellis reads The New Evolution Deniers, Colin Wright’s essay about how the denial of evolutionary biology has migrated from the Christian Right to the secular Left. It was published in Quillette on 30th November 2018.

Quillette

6 Jun 2019 · 1 min read

The New Evolution Deniers

The massive social media website Twitter—the central hub for cultural discourse and debate—is now actively banning users for stating true facts about basic human biology.

Colin Wright

30 Nov 2018 · 10 min read

How Animal Genes Go into Battle to Dominate Their Offspring

One consequence of these genetic battles is the effect on reproductive compatibility within a species.

Constantino de Jesus Macias Garcia and Michael Ritchie

10 Sep 2017 · 5 min read