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The culture war around a tiny population of competitors may have led to the re-election of Donald Trump, who says nationwide bans on Day One aren't complicated. But biology is complicated. And David Epstein — greatest sports science reporter in America, author of The Sports Gene, writer of the Range Widely newsletter — did the research, so that the suspicious and/or sympathetic among us don't necessarily have to. Turns out, there are solutions upon which fact-based humans can agree, in case studies from childbirth to high-jump junk, college volleyball to Olympic boxing, nature to nurture... and nipple.
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Link on The Sports Gene: https://davidepstein.com/david-epstein-the-sports-gene/
Link on Range Widely: https://davidepstein.substack.com/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The culture war around a tiny population of competitors may have led to the re-election of Donald Trump, who says nationwide bans on Day One aren't complicated. But biology is complicated. And David Epstein — greatest sports science reporter in America, author of The Sports Gene, writer of the Range Widely newsletter — did the research, so that the suspicious and/or sympathetic among us don't necessarily have to. Turns out, there are solutions upon which fact-based humans can agree, in case studies from childbirth to high-jump junk, college volleyball to Olympic boxing, nature to nurture... and nipple.
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Link on The Sports Gene: https://davidepstein.com/david-epstein-the-sports-gene/
Link on Range Widely: https://davidepstein.substack.com/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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