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To mark the 50th anniversary of Richard Dawkins's seminal work, The Selfish Gene, New Scientist revisits its impact on modern genetics. Meanwhile, Oliver Sacks's legacy is re-examined following revelations about his writing practices.
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New Scientist
Last year, The New Yorker revealed the late Sacks's "guilt" about his “falsification” in The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, but is this story about more than just the facts?
2026-05-20 14:00 UTC
New Scientist
When Richard Dawkins’s first blockbuster book was published half a century ago, few genes had ever been sequenced or studied in detail. Yet the book’s gene-centred view of evolution still has much to teach us in today’s genetic age
2026-05-20 14:00 UTC