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#ForewordFriday: Unnatural Selection Edition

By Katharine Sucher / On April 1st, 2016

Gonorrhea. Bed bugs. Weeds. Salamanders. People. All are evolving, some surprisingly rapidly, in response to our chemical age. In Unnatural Selection, newly available in paperback, Emily Monosson shows how our drugs, pesticides, and pollution are exerting intense selection pressure on all manner of species. And we humans might not like the result.

Organic Farming Is Not Alternative Farming

By Andy Dyer / On June 16th, 2015

A barley field in England.

Life-changing Chemicals

By Emily Monosson / On March 25th, 2015

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), in green, with human cell, grey.

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#ForewordFriday: Green and Growing Edition

By Meghan Bartels / On March 13th, 2015

Pitcher plants trap and eat insects.

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The Importance of Educating Educators

By Andy Dyer / On February 26th, 2015

Photo by Richard Lee, used under Creative Commons licensing.

The Long-term Outlook for Pesticides

By Andy Dyer / On February 2nd, 2015

Photo by Melissa Wiese, used under Creative Commons licensing.

#ForewordFriday: The Agricultural Arms Race

By Meghan Bartels / On December 19th, 2014

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Pesticide Cross-Resistance

By Andy Dyer / On December 15th, 2014

Reposted from the Chasing the Red Queen blog with permission.

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Rapid Evolution, Not All That Bad?

By Emily Monosson / On December 11th, 2014

A sign encourages people in Simonga, Zambia, to get tested for HIV.

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The Value of Mutations

By Andy Dyer / On November 12th, 2014

The crested duck is host to a mutation that can be lethal.

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