This View of Life
Magazine

The only thing more pleasurable and instructive than reading a good book on your own is being able to discuss it with others!

Why two sexes instead of one?

modern evolutionary biology is making enormous contributions to our understanding of how our ideas of race, racism, gender, and sexism arise.

It’s a good thing when pop culture and good science get together

The Nordic nations are identified as exemplars of good governance, which avoid the excesses of both centralized planning and laissez-faire capitalism.

The study suggests that displays of triumph may have an important role in evolution, perhaps by helping individuals signal status and dominance in early human societies.

Evidence for principles that explain past patterns and that just might also predict future trends.

Once a tract of tropical forest has been cleared, sloths have relatively little capacity to seek out new habitats.

Heartwarming story of gorillas dismantling poachers traps.

So how do you get a female fish to sidle on over so you can slip her your genetic goods?

The association between horse-riding and wearing of pants.

Is our increasing physical isolation from nature, and from one another, causing us to exhibit “stable vices”?