New genetic research has identified a direct causal chain connecting the microorganisms in the human digestive tract to the ...

The linkages between environmental health and human well-being are complex and dynamic, and researchers have developed numerous models and theories for describing them. They include attempts to bridge ...

Noah Smith has a worth-reading post on entrepreneurs and the government that makes a good point about the complex nature of causality. Here applies his logic to the example of gun crime: Take gun ...

The difference is how directionally consistent your causal chains are, and as revealed in new research, this matters. What’s a causal chain? Let me explain. Casual chains are statements where you say ...

The linkages between environmental health and human well-being are complex, and recent scholarship has developed a number of models for describing them. Unfortunately, these efforts have been ...

The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. The linkages between environmental health and human well-being are complex and dynamic, and ...