culture, evolutionary biology

The Scientist reviews Serendipity, Complexity, The Human Superorgasism, and Love and Ruin

Sorting the Beef from the Bull, Cheats and Deceits, A Sea of Glass, and Following the Wild Bees

Herding Hemingway's Cats, Hair: A Human History, Restless Creatures, and The Mind Club

Welcome to the Microbiome, The Paradox of Evolution, Newton's Apple, and Dawn of the Neuron.

Junk DNA, Cuckoo, Sapiens, and Cool

Researchers have captured footage of wild chimpanzees teaching each other to use tools, lending support to the idea that humans aren’t the only primates to engage in social learning.

Handedness, a conspicuous but enigmatic human trait, may be shared by other animals. What does it mean for evolution and brain function?

Disgraced psychology researcher Marc Hauser, who was found guilty of data fabrication and falsification during his time at Harvard, publishes two new papers.

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute this week released three short films to teach students about evolution and speciation.