Evolutionary biologists have long pondered the phenomenon of the changing colours of autumn leaves. It’s possible that the red pigments are manufactured in the leaf as a side-effect of something else that’s happening at this time.
You’re not tapping into the widest possible pool of talent if you’re shutting some people out of particular careers.
In fact, humans have less variation genetically than chimpanzees.
As well as tasting fantastic, blackberries are good for you. Anthocyanin isn’t just a pigment, it’s a flavonoid, a heroic antioxidant! The stuff of superfoods!
Always attempting to tame and subjugate nature is not the solution. But the latest science is helping us to map out a path across this shifting landscape in uncertain times, showing us how to work with natural forces, not against them.
But I think you can strip the emotion and the subjectivity away while you focus on doing the science - and that’s really important.
