
The Seeds of Starvation
The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean
The Importance of Environment in the Soviet Union
The Soviets wanted to build a new type of human, a selfless, heroic worker. Genetics threatened this vision and Soviet officials despised genetics. Some went so far as to deny the existence of genes. Eventually, they outlawed the science of genetics entirely.
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