Reductionist approaches, by their very nature, make problems more solvable, but create the challenge of solutions that might not be generalizable. Molecular biology would seem to have learned this ...

Not everyone is celebrating this year's fiftieth anniversary of Watson and Crick's achievement: the deciphering of the double helix structure of DNA. To some, the molecular biology of DNA is a symbol ...

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Anyone following rock and roll music over the last three decades may have faced the challenging and sometimes entertaining task of keeping track of Prince Rogers Nelson. This musician led fans through ...

Deep ecology is based on a worldview of deep interconnection of all beings. Deep ecology views humans as part of the web of life. Web of Life In this view, humans may be thought of as the ...

English translation: A society's environmental impact is proportional to its population, its wealth, and its technological capacity to mitigate the impacts of its population and its wealth. So how do ...