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Politics

Solving Big Problems With Glue

It doesn’t come in a tube. It’s a very special adhesive – the kind that…

Harvey Whitehouse
March 12, 2013

Politics

Is War Creative?

Warfare has transformed us from living in villages to living in huge states, building cities…

Peter Turchin
January 13, 2013

CultureEconomy

Why, As People Get Richer, Do They Have Fewer Children?

As people get richer, they have smaller families. Why?

eiadminNovember 21, 2012

Biology

We’re in This Together: A Pathbreaking Investigation Into the Evolution of Cooperative Behavior

A new study offers another explanation for our unusual aptitude for collaboration.

eiadminNovember 20, 2012

Culture

Adapted, Yes, but for Whom or What?

An alternative propositions that explain how apparent group-level altruism can evolve.

eiadminOctober 7, 2012

Biology

Debate on Altruism, Human Social Evolution, and Natural Selection

In the spirit of Evolution: This View of Life's mantra "science as a process of…

eiadminJune 30, 2012