“In 1929 James Thurber and E.B. White posed a deep question: Is sex necessary? Seven decades later, the answer remains shrouded in mystery. But thanks to the work of yesterday’s Nobel laureates and others, we have gained some understanding of a related question: Is death necessary? The answer appears to be yes-because of sex.” Jim Holt —Sex and Death: The awful existential significance of cellular suicide.Slate)
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