CommentThe Selfish Gene: Still one of the most thrilling evolution books ever Fifty years ago, Richard Dawkins shared an irresistible scientific metaphor with the world that modernised and democratised evolutionary biology. Half a century on, The Selfish Gene remains powerfully insightful, finds Rowan Hooper Culture
LifeEveryone's a queen: The ant species with no males or workersTemnothorax kinomurai, a parasitic ant species found in Japan, reproduces asexually and all of its young develop into queens that try to take over other ants’ colonies News