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Science & Soul: Book Review: Signs of Life – How Complexity Pervades Biology

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Richard Sole and Brian Goodwin compiled a book detailing the applications and seemingly inescapable presence of complex systems in the biological sciences in their pioneering book Signs of Life: How Complexity Pervades Biology. Now let me begin by saying that this is not light reading and probably not for everyone. That is not to say [...]

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Science & Soul: Book Review: Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

Posted in science, tagged academia, africa, Agent Orange, Agribusiness, agriculture, Airplane, Amazon, Ammunition, Animal, Animal Vegetable Miracle, Animals, anthropology, Archeology, Arlo Guthrie, Astronomy, Athletics, Atoms, australia, Avatar, Barbara Kingsolver, Beef, biochemistry, biodiversity, Bioengineering, Biological Systems, biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, bioterrorism, birds, Blue Tongued Skink, Boat, Boating, Book, books, Born to Run, Bosch, Botany, Brazil, bugs, Business, Calvin and Hobbes, Cancer, Candiru, Candiru asu, captive breeding, Carbion dioxide, cartoon, Catfish, Cells, Cellular Automata, Change, chemicals, chemistry, Christopher McDougal, Climate Change, Climategate, climbing, companies, complex, Complex Systems, Conservation, Consumerism, Cooking, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Summit, Copper Canyon, Corn, corn fed, Corporate Ethics, Corporations, cows, Creatures, crime, Daniel Quinn, Darwin, DDT, Deforestation, desertification, Disaster, disease, DNA, Doctors, Domestication, Earthquake, Eat, ecological engineering, ecology, Economics, economy, Endangered, Engineering, environment, Environmental destruction, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, environmentalism, environmentalist, Eric Schlosser, erosion, ethanol, Ethics, Ethics. Bioethics, europe, evolution, Factory Farming, factory farms, Farmer's Markets, farming, Farms, Fast Food Nation, fertilizer, Fetilizer, Fish, Fishing, Fitness, Food, Foreign, Frances Moore Lappe, Fresh water, Future, Genes, genetics, Global, Global Warming, God, Gorilla, Government, grass fed, Guns, Haber, habitat loss, Haldron Collider, Harrison Ford, Health, herbicides, Herpatology, hiking, History, Homo Sapien, human, Humanity, Humans, Hunting, Ictheology, Imports, Indian Jones, Indians, indonesia, Insects, Invasive Species, Ishmael, java, Local, Local food, Manifestos on the Future of Food and Seed, Marathon, Mars, Meat, medicine, mexico, Michael Pollan, Miracle, Modelling, molecules, Monsanto, Music, NASA, Native Americans, Nature, Networks, nitrates, Nobel, Nobel Prize, obama, Ocean, Opinion, Organic, Ornithology, Pacific, Paleontology, park, Pesticides, Philosophy, Photography, Physics, Politics, Pollan, Population, Poverty, Prions, Probability, Proteins, Race, Rainforest, Raramuri, Red Cross, Reptile, Restaurant, Ring of Fire, river, Run, Running, science, Scientists, Seed, Service, Shark, Shopping, Snake, social justice, Socialism, Sociology, Soul, Space, Species, Spirituality, Sports, Stars, Story of Stuff, Sweden, System, Systems, systems biology, Tarahumara, Tasmanian Devils, Technology, Telescope, terrorism, The Omnivore's Dilemma, trafficking, Trail, travel, United Nations, Vandana Shiva, Vegetable, War, Warbler, weapons, weeds, Wildlife, Wolves, Writing, zoology, Zoos on February 8, 2010 | 9 Comments »

Author and journalist Christopher McDougall begins his journey with one simple question: “Why do my feet hurt?” McDougall was an avid runner whose running days seemed to be ending due to acute foot pain. Cushioned shoes and orthotics did not seem to help. Running is simply bad for you, claimed most sport doctors. But then, [...]

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