The Best of Reason: Did Evolution Give Us Free Will?
Free Agents author Kevin J. Mitchell makes a neuroscientific case against determinism.
Evolution
Did Evolution Give Us Free Will?
Author Kevin J. Mitchell makes a neuroscientific case against determinism.
The Myth of Wild Nature and Creating a New Form of Paradise
A review of the new book Tickets For The Ark, by Rebecca Nesbit
Updating Coronavirus Vaccines Is Good, But a Universal Coronavirus Vaccine Would Be Better
Time for a new Operation Warp Speed?
Science Denialism on the Left: Sex, Gender, and Trans Identity
In The End of Gender, Debra Soh stands up for impartial research—and for LGBTQ rights.
How To Fight the 'Power of Bad' and the 'Negativity Effect'
Human beings are designed to remember trauma more than joy, bad times more than good ones. But John Tierney and Roy F. Baumeister have good news on the despair front.
The Joyful Contrarianism of Gordon Tullock
Meet the economist who understood NASCAR crashes, the sale of indulgences, and the feeding habits of coal tits.
What If Man Is a Killer Ape Beset by Original Sin?
A new book probes the roots of humans' destructive impulses.
Our Big Brains Are Pre-Wired for Love, Friendship, Cooperation, and Learning
A new book offers an answer to the nature/nurture debate.
Are Humans Predisposed by Evolution To Get Along?: Podcast
In Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, Nicholas Christakis says natural selection "prewires" us for peaceful co-existence.
The Yale Professor Attacked by Angry Students Over Halloween Costumes Believes Evolution Wants Us To Get Along
In Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, Nicholas Christakis says our common humanity outweighs divisive tribalism.
Let's Talk About Sex Differences with Christina Hoff Sommers and Debra Soh: Podcast
Frank talk about evolution, feminism, politics, and why we don't want to acknowledge social progress.
What Is the 'Intellectual Dark Web'?
"What we're really watching is a breakdown in society's capacity to reason with itself," former Evergreen State College evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein tells The Fifth Column.
Humans Are Naturally Murderous, Says New Study
However, the rise of modern social institutions has greatly reduced violence in contemporary societies.
Is Complexity Science Ready for Prime Time?
Ronald Bailey's Wall Street Journal review of A Crude Look at the Whole
Donald Trump on Science
Comparing his scores on seven science policy topics to Cruz, Rubio, and Bush
Happy Darwin Day: Belief in Vengeful God Makes You Nicer
"Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality" in Nature
Good Stuff Comes from the Bottom Up
How culture, economies, technology, and government evolve
Matt Ridley and Ronald Bailey Talk About The Evolution of Everything This Wednesday in D.C.
Incremental, bottom-up, trial-and-error innovation yields moral progress, superior technologies, and greater wealth
Hacking the Programs in Your Mind: Interview with Evolutionary Psychologists Leda Cosmides & John Tooby
By unlocking mechanisms that evolved in the brain, they've halted implicit racial bias and found the first female advantage in spatial cognition.
I Don't Care Whether the President Believes in Evolution and Neither Should You
How is this question related to actual federal policy?
Both Liberals and Conservatives Can Have Science Bias, Says New Study
Another shocking result from social science!
'We're Creating Our Own Evolutionary Next Step'
Wired co-founder Louis Rossetto on the digital revolution and the death of the megastate.
Archaeological Study Finds Neanderthals May Have Been First Home Makers
Carefully organized homes found during excavations
New Study Suggests Ancient Bees Went Extinct Same Time as Dinosaurs
Ancient carpenter bees, specifically
Researchers Suggest Early Hominid Migration Started Earlier Than Previously Thought
Homo habilis to homo erectus could've been a progression, not species that lived at the same time
Studies Explore Evolution of Monogamy
Happened either to protect children from infanticide or females, scientists say