Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are January 4, 2019 More powerful evidence for the strength of genes over environment.
James Watson Won’t Stop Talking About Race January 2, 2019 He reaffirms his belief in race differences in intelligence.
Stephen Jay Gould: Scientist in the Service of Ideology December 30, 2018 He was admired by journalists, but not by scientists.
African Biogeographical Ancestry, Atopic and Non‐Atopic Asthma and Atopy: A Study in Latin American Children December 24, 2018 Greater African ancestry is associated with asthma symptoms in certain cases.
Elizabeth Warren Stands by DNA Test. But Around Her, Worries Abound. December 7, 2018 Elizabeth Warren’s big mistake was to give “validity to the idea that race is determined by blood.”
Bigger Brains Are Smarter, But Not by Much December 3, 2018 Researchers controlled for "genetic ancestry."
2.4-Million-Year-Old Tools Found in Algeria Could Upend Human Origin Story November 30, 2018 Ancestors of modern people were present in North Africa at least 600,000 years earlier than previously believed.
Scientist Claiming Gene-Edited Babies Reports 2nd Pregnancy November 28, 2018 Researcher says he made twin girls resistant to the AIDS virus.
Home DNA Tests Doom Anonymity for Sperm, Egg Donors November 16, 2018 Nearly anyone can be linked to one of the registered profiles online.
Birth Canals Are Different All over the World, Countering a Long-Held Evolutionary Theory October 25, 2018 European and Amerindian birth canals are more oval than those of Asians and Africans.
When Crime Is a Family Affair October 23, 2018 The Atlantic discovers "stunning transmission of criminality from parents to kids."
Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed) October 18, 2018 And why scientists are afraid of their own science.
Most White Americans’ DNA Can Be Identified Through Genealogy Databases October 16, 2018 In two or three years, 90 percent of white Americans will be identifiable.
No Black Scientist Has Ever Won a Nobel – That’s Bad for Science, and Bad For Society October 10, 2018 With enough money and “direct strategic action,” we’ll have plenty of black Nobel laureates.
So Is It Nature Not Nurture After All? October 1, 2018 Many environmental influences are really an expression of genetics.
On The Trail of the Great Taboo September 23, 2018 The IQ Controversy, by Mark Snyderman and Stanley Rothman.
Genes Are Key to Academic Success, Study Suggests September 11, 2018 Genes control most of academic success even after controlling for intelligence.
Do Genetic Differences Justify Racism? September 9, 2018 Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza's Genes, Peoples, and Languages.
Ancestry Tests Pose a Threat to Our Social Fabric August 29, 2018 They "may be giving discredited old ideas about ethnicity and race new visibility."
The Dangers of Ignoring Cognitive Inequality August 28, 2018 Having a low IQ makes a person more likely to be a danger to himself and to others.
What Twins Can Teach Us About Nature vs. Nurture August 21, 2018 Seventy-five percent of variation in IQ is attributable to genes.
Startling News for the Brainwashed: Men and Women are Different August 12, 2018 And here's some evidence.
Why Progressives Should Embrace the Genetics of Education July 25, 2018 Liberals soon to whine about "gene privilege."
Genetic Analysis of Social-Class Mobility in Five Longitudinal Studies July 10, 2018 Genetics predicts success.
Seeing Double: Serbia Twins Study Probes Whether IQ Is Innate July 9, 2018 Another study shows intelligence is "largely determined by certain genetic factors."
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity — A Review July 5, 2018 Book grapples with the political inconveniences of genetics.
New Algorithm Uses Brain Scans to Tell How Smart You Are July 3, 2018 Can account for 20 percent of variance in intelligence.
Users of Home DNA Tests ‘Cherry Pick’ Results Based on Race Biases, Study Says July 3, 2018 This could lead to more "white privilege."
Scientists Just Found Almost 1,000 New Genes Associated with Intelligence June 27, 2018 Only 77 had been discovered previously.
Stonehenge Builders Used Pythagoras’ Theorem 2,000 Years Before Greek Philosopher Was Born, Say Experts June 25, 2018 Stonehenge was built by people who understood lunar, solar, and eclipse cycles.
Researchers Find IQ Scores Dropping Since the 1970s June 12, 2018 Scores in Norway are declining by seven points per generation.
Threat of Malaria Left Its Mark on the Immune System in People with African Ancestry June 8, 2018 Blacks “have a genotype that helps to protect from malaria.”
Genetic Intelligence Tests Are Next to Worthless May 30, 2018 But they'll get better with further research.
White Men’s Voices Still Dominate Public Science. Here’s How To Change This May 30, 2018 It’s up to journalists to make sure black and women scientists get more exposure.
Catching Up With Michael Levin May 21, 2018 The race realist philosopher on Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and IQ.
As Twitter Explodes, Eric Lander Apologizes for Toasting James Watson May 16, 2018 Science “must welcome everyone" — except for Nobel-laureate James Watson.
“This Will Not Stand”: Academic Establishment Suppresses Italian Anthropologist’s Proof That Race IQ Differences Are Genetic — For Now May 7, 2018 Journal editors will not publish this paper, even though their reviewers praise it.
Why Genetic IQ Differences Between ‘Races’ Are Unlikely May 3, 2018 Author says genes differently affect "physical traits" and "how our brains work."
The DNA Data We Have Is Too White. Scientists Want to Fix That May 1, 2018 87 percent of people who have participated in genomics research are white.
Blacks See Major Drop in Premature Death Rates as Racial Disparity Diminishes April 26, 2018 Young blacks’ premature deaths are often due to homicide.
Ulster University Withdraws Status from Prof Richard Lynn April 16, 2018 Students pressured the university to remove the distinction.
Genetics Is Undercutting the Case for Racial Quotas April 6, 2018 Is the mainstream reckoning with the truth about race and IQ?
DNA Tests for IQ Are Coming, But It Might Not Be Smart to Take One April 3, 2018 Polygenic scores might prove differences in IQ are due to genes, and some people don’t want to know.
Orthodoxy Takes a Blow! March 30, 2018 New York Times admits there are races and that they are different.
NYC Sees Largest Increase in Tuberculosis Cases in 26 Years March 28, 2018 The disease comes from China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, and Mexico.
Asthma Inhalers Fail Minority Children Due to a Lack of Diversity in Research March 19, 2018 "Part of the reason is that genetic differences affect how people respond to medical treatment."
University of Edinburgh Scientists Help Identify Intelligence Genes March 13, 2018 Researchers "were also able to predict intelligence in another group using only their DNA."
Ancient ‘Dark-Skinned’ Briton Cheddar Man Find May Not Be True February 23, 2018 Analyzing DNA, we don't fully know how to determine skin pigmentation even of living populations.