Intriguingly, though this silent legacy could persist for at least three generations, it was not an irreversible alteration.

ECONOMIST: Genes are not all there is to heredity

Corporate America, normally quick to resist government intrusion, has kept strangely silent, as though businessmen are afraid of the consequences of sticking their heads above the parapet.

ECONOMIST: American politics and business

Scientists, though, have been remarkably silent on the connection.

BBC: Science & Environment