Paleontology The Sixth Mass Extinction. Poor Documentation Blamed for Its “Sudden” Appearance It is well known that many species of large mammals and birds have been rapidly…Cienna LyonJuly 19, 2015
Paleontology Little-known Limitations of the Living Fossil Concept “Living fossils”—organisms from horseshoe crabs and coelocanths to ginkgos and horsetails—look much like their prehistoric…Sasha ParisJuly 13, 2015
Culture Why do Modern People have so few Children? If you’re reading this article, you probably believe that Darwinian theory can shed light on…Lesley NewsonJuly 12, 2015
BiologyHistoryPolitics Truth and Reconciliation for Social Darwinism Charles Darwin’s theory has revolutionized biology, impacting every aspect of the modern life sciences. However,…David Sloan Wilson, Eric Michael JohnsonJuly 5, 2015
Economy The Pope, Science, and Economics. Of the Three, Economics is by far the most Detached from Reality Editor’s note: Anyone who thinks that science and religion can’t mix should read Pope Francis’s…John GowdyJuly 5, 2015
Morality The Real Free Riders. On Jonathan Haidt’s Defense of Conservatism As many readers of this website will likely be aware, the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt,…Joe BoswellJuly 5, 2015
MindMorality The World Needs a Secular Community Revolution Human nature is adapted for community life. Our species evolved in tight-knit, face-to-face, small-scale, inter-generational…Michael PriceJuly 1, 2015
Biology The Social Construction of Evolutionary Biology Editor’s note: When I was a graduate student in the 1970’s, the big names in…Barry X. KuhleJune 22, 2015
Economy Is Economics Becoming A Real Science? Have you noticed how the field of economics is splintered and divided into factions? How…Joe BrewerJune 16, 2015
Culture Seeing Cultural Evolution In The Patterns Of History I recently had an inspiring conversation with Maximilian Schich, an art historian and complexity scientist…Joe BrewerJune 14, 2015
