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Francisco J. Ayala

Francisco J. Ayala is University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of California–Irvine. He is the author of Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion and Am I a Monkey?

All for One and One for All?

All for One and One for All?

An eminent scientist reconsiders natural selection

by Francisco J. Ayala | Thursday, March 01, 2012

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Going Viral

by Priscilla Long

Nearly a year into the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s hard to remember that at one time most of our virus-related worries were limited to such seasonal maladies as the common cold. In this essay from 2012, Priscilla Long ponders the invasive nature of viruses—which, whether or not they are considered to be alive, “are a part of life.”

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