Inspired by a range of ecological movements, ecocriticism explores the ways in which we
imagine and portray the relationship between humans and the environment in all areas of …

For several decades, scholars of human sexuality have almost uniformly assumed that
women evolutionarily lost oestrus—a phase of female sexuality occurring near ovulation and …

The premise of this two-part theme issue is simple: the cognitive sciences should join the
rest of the life sciences in how they approach the quarry within their research domain …

If we were to point out in a few words what characterises the phenomenon of life, we would
probably mention the amazing plasticity and robustness of living systems, the innumerable …

The one thing in life that we can be certain of–in addition to death and taxes–is
impermanence. Everything changes: our world changes and we change with it. And so it is …

Charles Darwin was and remains a towering figure of science for his ground-breaking theory
of evolution in life forms that came to be known as Darwinism. Darwin is generally held to …

We imagine posthumans as humans made superhumanly intelligent or resilient by future
advances in nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science …

John Dupré explores recent revolutionary developments in biology and considers their
relevance for our understanding of human nature and human society. Epigenetics and …

In the past century, nearly all of the biological sciences have been directly affected by
discoveries and developments in genetics, a fast-evolving subject with important theoretical …

In 1859 Darwin described a deceptively simple mechanism that he called" natural selection,"
a combination of variation, inheritance, and reproductive success. He argued that this …