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Environment

Snakes, Sunrises, And Shakespeare

How our deep evolutionary past still shapes our modern tastes, desires, and aversions.

Rafe Sagarin
May 15, 2014

Education

Is The Ability To Learn Language Different From The Ability To Learn Math?

David Geary has outlined an evolutionary perspective on education that assumes a rather clear distinction…

Peter Gray
May 15, 2014

Religion

Buddhist Biology. Ancient Eastern Wisdom Meets Modern Science

As a pioneering scholar of peace studies, psychologist David Barash is known for crossing disciplinary…

eiadminMay 15, 2014

Education

Evolutionary Educational Psychology as a Base for Instructional Design

While it is intuitively plausible that teaching skills should be useful, evidence that they are…

eiadminMay 8, 2014

Culture

Blueprint For The Global Village. Norway Explained.

The unregulated pursuit of self-interest is cancerous at all scales.

eiadminMay 5, 2014

Environment

The Future Looks Good For Citizen Science

Public participation in science, or citizen science, is finding a foothold in all branches of…

Rafe Sagarin
May 1, 2014

Education

The Evolved Mind In The Modern School

Essentially, the child’s mind comes with built-in scaffolding that prepares them to learn about other…

David Geary
May 1, 2014

Religion

Homo Religiosus

Some years ago, I approached my upcoming supervisor in Germany with a dissertation project exploring…

Michael Blume
April 26, 2014

Religion

Evolutionary Studies Of Religion And Secularism

Religious scholar claims that "secular societies climbed the ladder of religion, and then kicked it…

Michael Blume
April 26, 2014

Paleontology

Ancient Whale Linked To The Origins of Echolocation

A drainage ditch in South Carolina recently provided the paleontology community with a remarkable find…

eiadminApril 24, 2014