A lanky fellow with a fanatic’s fiery eyes, Geneticist Trofim Lysenko was Stalin’s favorite scientist. Thirteen years ago, he blossomed before the world as the self-taught despot of Soviet ...

From the 1930s to the mid-1950s, the Soviet regime had been virulently hostile to genetics, driven by the ideas and ambition of the agronomist Trofim Lysenko, a favourite of the country’s then ...

Donald J. Trump’s supporters stand firmly behind him because they believe he knows how to make things better. He knows how to get things done and solve problems. However, his ...