This View of Life
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An extraordinary number of species—from squid to lizards to humans—engage in play. But why?

Some of the best solutions for human problems can be found in nature.This article from the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-biowatch-20120708,0,3444893,print.story">July 7, 2012 Los Angeles Times</a> documents some of the vexing false alarms that have plagued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s multi-billion dollar BioWatch system.

Historical data show that rampant economic inequality results in declining standards of life for the least advantaged.

How much do evolutionary stories reveal about the mind?

Our findings confirmed that the lipstick effect is not only real, but deeply rooted in women’s mating psychology.

Good news for autumn babies: those born between September and November are more likely to live to 100 than those born in other months of the year.

Smart cities allow a comparison of laissez-faire, centralized planning, and the Third Way of entrepreneurship and all other forms of positive social change.

How and why the volume of the orbital prefrontal cortex is related to the size of social networks.

Scientists have discovered a possible evolutionary explanation for the placebo effect with new evidence.

The first evidence for the evolutionary basis for the obesity epidemic and the increased prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes.

A new study shows fossilized proof that feathered dinosaurs ate Mesozoic birds.

Dispute breaks out over the extent to which chimps cooperate.