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Lianyungang, a booming port city, has China's most extreme gender ratio for children under four: 163 boys for every 100 girls. These numbers don't seem terribly grim, but in 10 years, the skewed sex ratio will pose a colossal challenge. By the time those children reach adulthood, their generation will have 24 million more men than women. The prognosis for China's neighbors is no less bleak: Asia now has 163 million females "missing" from its population. And gender imbalance reaches far beyond Asia....

Forensics professor Gideon Oliver accompanies his wife to the Isles of Scilly, which dot the sea like an emerald necklace 30 miles off the Cornwall coast. Julie's been invited here by Russian expatriate Vasily Kozlov, scientist, millionaire, and eccentric. At his home, Star Castle, he regularly hosts a consortium of guests with differing opinions - which makes for some very heated arguments. While Julie's stuck indoors, Gideon looks forward to puttering around the Neolithic sites nearby. But before day one is through, a newer bone turns up, and all signs point to murder.

Could the gruesome murder of a newly promoted detective be linked to a number of unrelated crimes? Inflexible and rule following, can DI Jim Kendall change his ways in time to save his career? The investigation takes a dark turn when several murders are carried out by mercenaries associated with a notorious Romanian gang known for their gruesome landmark assassinations. The gang capitalises on fear to hinder the investigation, making it impossible for the team to piece together the puzzle.

The aliens who have been raising us humans for hundreds of generations love to focus on developing and accentuating all the traits that Homo sapiens can express. And the man I’ve been locked in a cage with is an example of selective tampering at its most extreme.

Beloved illustrator Wallace Edwards invites us into the world of Professor I.B. Doodling, a traveling artist who takes suggestions from schoolchildren in order to create fantastical hybrid animals. The result of these visits is Unnatural Selections, a collection of magnificent beasts, from the stately Whalephant to the talented Lizabouboon

What happens when the cutting edge cuts too deep? Unnatural Selection is a gripping collection of twelve first-person horror stories set at the bleeding edge of science and technology. From AI that hijacks your inner voice to cloned organs with memories of their own, each tale explores the chilling consequences of human innovation pushed too far. Told by the survivors, whistleblowers, and creators themselves, these are confessions from the brink, where healing becomes infection, therapy turns invasive, and progress is anything but safe. Read it if you dare. But remember: not all experiments...

Who will arbitrate our future in a world divided by climate change? It’s 2095, and citizens of the wealthy North enjoy extended life, perhaps forever, thanks to biotech implants called Stem. Quantum computing and AI have converged into thinking machines, Quants, who carry out complex tasks for us. Utopia, or is it? Sophie lives in the South. Her family is wealthy despite living in a society decades behind the North. Her mother dies unexpectedly despite Stem, sending Sophie and her father on a global quest for answers. On the way, they encounter Mackenzie, the daughter of a technology ...

A Natural...or Unnatural...Selection? Saturday night in Eklund, Illinois means eating out at the town's fanciest restaurant. But while diners are perusing the menu selections someone is plotting the unthinkable. Naturalist Kristen Matthews is spending a romantic evening with her boyfriend, Brett Stevenson, but right before dessert is served her dream date turns into a nightmare when she discovers her friend's body. To make matters worse, the wildflowers she supplied the restaurant on behalf of the Nature Station could be a potential cause of death. In order to clear her name, Kristen ...

Unnatural Selection is the first book to examine the rise of the "technocentric being" - or geek - who personifies a distinct new phase in human evolution. People considered geeks often have behavioral or genetic traits that were previously considered detrimental. But the new environment of the Anthropocene period - the Age of Man - has created a kind of digital greenhouse that actually favors their traits, enabling many non-neurotypical people to bloom.

Written from the perspective of a cancer thriver, author Kathryn White was 43 years old when she was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer. Feeling lost and overwhelmed, she started to explore how to holistically support her own healing process. Here she tells the parts of her story of how she rebuilt her life and moved beyond just being a cancer survivor to become a cancer thriver. She shares what she has learned along the way to reclaim her life and transform her health so that you can do the same.

The Kingdom of Pelugia and the Republic of Kadar have been at war for decades. Peace isn’t popular, but the planet can’t survive without it. Forced to marry an enemy prince for the sake of peace, Senator Royce Cleghorn doesn’t like his husband, his alpha scent, or his damned pretty blue eyes. More than anything, Royce hates what Haydn makes him become.

Welcome to Unnatural Selection, a weekly comedy podcast where the news cycle gets the highly unserious treatment it deserves. Every week, hosts Jorge Tsipos, Adam Direen, and Tom Heath attempt to make sense of the biggest stories in Australian and US politics, delivering fresh, funny, and deeply unqualified takes on current events.From the chaos of Washington to the latest Auspol drama, we break down global news with sharp banter and comedic analysis. If you're looking for a lighter way to survive the weekly headlines without losing your mind, you are in the right place.Visit ...

A horror podcast where original fiction is paired with real science to explore how curiosity, perception, and the human body can become sources of fear. Available on Spotify, Apple, and Amazon. Bonus episodes available on Patreon.

Unnatural Selection is a monthly podcast about film adaptations of books, the weird choices Hollywood makes, and what actually constitutes a "good" adaptation. Each episode is hosted by Emma Shannon and a rotating cast of special guests.

Three old friends joke around in the most irreverent way

A sweeping, paradigm-shifting account of how evolution is no longer driven just by nature but also by human choices Why are conditions like autism, asthma, obesity, and allergies exploding at unprecedented rates? Why are we living longer, getting smarter, having far fewer kids? If Darwin was...

This episode features graphic descriptions of suicide. Listener discretion is advised. Just when Allie and Sarah start feeling like maybe they're not giving Dr. Pulaski the space and grace to grow as a person, Pulaski's relationship with Data begins to turn for the better. Jessi B. of the Crusher Convo Podcast joins us for this review and discussion of TNG's "Unnatural Selection"! Check out the Crusher Convo Podcast Visit our website at humanisttrek.com Support the show at patreon.com/humanisttrek Pick up your merch at humanisttrek.com/merch Socials Bluesky Mastodon Discord YouTube ...

Back by extraordinary popular demand, The Darwin Awards II: Unnatural Selection, satisfies the appetite of fans of smart humor with a fresh collection of stories honoring those who continue to improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it in a sublimely idiotic fashion!

After the death of her partner in an assignment gone wrong, Riley Walker is reassigned to work for a top-secret government agency she never knew existed: The Unnaturals. There, she learns of the secret fight against creatures out of her wildest nightmares. Vampires. Demons. Werewolves. And worse. And it's up to the agents in The Unnaturals to prevent these creatures from destroying humanity.

Dr. Erica Rosen is perplexed when she sees a young Chinese girl with blue eyes in her San Francisco pediatrics clinic. The girl's mother, Ting, is secretive, and Erica suspects she has entered the country illegally. Later, Erica encounters Ting's son and discovers he has an unusual mutation. Erica learns that Ting's children underwent embryonic stem cell gene editing as part of a secret Chinese government-run program.