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Darwin's Reach: How Evolution Shapes Our World Today

Darwin's Reach: How Evolution Shapes Our World Today

Update: 2025-11-12
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Invasive cancers. Antibiotic resistance. Agricultural biodiversity. To better understand these and many other pressing issues of our times, we need to better understand evolution and its applicability to so much of what we encounter in modern life. So says Norman A. Johnson, the author of Darwin's Reach: 21st Century Applications of Evolutionary Biology. Host Mat Kaplan talks with Johnson about the myriad ways evolution affects each and every one of us on a daily basis, along with how applied evolutionary science may offer solutions to some of humanity's biggest challenges.  

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Darwin's Reach: How Evolution Shapes Our World Today

Darwin's Reach: How Evolution Shapes Our World Today

National Center for Science Education