Environmental assessment to expand the area of mineral material sales of a local source of construction aggregate and Portland Cement concrete and asphaltic concrete products for the Reno/Sparks market. The area is about 8 miles north of Sparks, 1.2 miles west of State Route 445, within the SW1/4 of Section 15, T21N, R20E3 MDB&M.

Individual essays address issues raised by the science, politics, and history of race, evolution, and identity; genetically modified organisms and genetic diseases; gene work and ethics; and the boundary between humans and animals. The result is an entree to the complicated nexus of questions prompted by the power and importance of genetics and genetic thinking, and the dynamic connections linking culture, biology, nature, and technoscience. The volume offers critical perspectives on science and culture, with contributions that span disciplinary divisions and arguments grounded in both biological perspectives and cultural analysis.