You taught me everything I need to know; self-reliance, self-respect, community. Just don't be surprised if I actually put it to use.

And all at once he noticed something about the people around him. It was as though they knew, somewhere deep down, that the future was overdue.

"Sexual reproduction exists solely as a means to defeat parasites. By mixing male and female genes, sex produces offspring not exactly like either the male or female — making each generation different from the last, and presenting a moving target to intruders intent on compromising this system. "Even with this variation, parasites continue to pose a threat