This View of Life
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How and why people join fraternities, sports teams, and companies. When I was invited to give an Authors@Google talk in 2012, I thought it made sense to talk about “hive psychology.” Google is a very hivish place – and I mean that in a good way.

Scientists explored new solutions from an unusual source: Darwin's theory of evolution.Education isn’t working well in America, despite billions of dollars and everyone’s best intentions. Not too long ago, scientists explored new solutions from an unusual source: Darwin’s theory of evolution.

Our apparent dominance over evolutionary forces as an absolute victory seems as out of touch as a dancing killer whale in a swimming pool. At the very least, we should stop pretending that living the way we do now is ‘normal’ for humans, just as we are starting to realize that there’s nothing normal about an orca living among strangers in a pool and forced to do ridiculous tricks in front of thousands of screaming kids to get food.

An international group of paleontologists revealed in <em>Nature Communications</em> that, at one point during the late Miocene, at least seven crocodylic species lived sympatrically.

New research reveals how women shaped, challenged, and enriched Darwinian science across history and cultures.

A pair of researchers have developed a wearable eyeglass device that effectively cures red-green color blindness.

Humans have evolved over millions of years, yet formal education practices are of recent vintage. Given what we've learned about our brain's evolution, education practices need to evolve as well.

Theory of history explains phenomena such as the constant improvement of the human standard of living.My theory of history explains phenomena such as the constant improvement of the human standard of living by looking primarily at just two forms of innovative ideas: technology and rules.

New research investigates the complex relationship between status and stress.