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The Human Phenome Project (NY Times, 6/8/2010) (link courtesy of Christopher Green via TIPS)

"[A]t least two phenomics initiatives are already underway. One is the U.K.’s Biobank project, the other is the Personal Genome Project, led by the latter-day polymath George Church. The aim of both projects is to collect large quantities of information — genetic, phenotypic and environmental — from large numbers of people, in an attempt to understand how genes and environment interact to produce each of us."

Discussion questions: Compare and contrast today's efforts to understand the interaction of nature and nurture to Galton's efforts.

The Sex Scholar (Stanford Magazine, March/April 2010) (Via Stephen Chew on TIPS)

"Decades before Kinsey, Stanford professor Clelia Mosher polled Victorian-era women on their bedroom behavior—then kept the startling results under wraps."

Discussion questions: What was Mosher's impact on the field of psychology?