This View of Life
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How can conservative and progressive Christian denominations churches be so different from each other, despite sharing the same sacred text? For the same reason that skin and liver cells can be so different, despite sharing the same DNA.

Edward O. Wilson, who passed away at the age of 92 on December 26, 2021, is widely recognized as a giant of the Arts and Sciences.

Evolution explains why we have traits that leave us vulnerable to disease, as well as why so many other aspects of the body work so well.

U.S. immigration is but one example of how the interactions of many diverse minds—our collective brains—drive innovation and ultimately economic growth.

What can religion teach us about the nature of human social groups?

Ten thousand years of cultural evolution has impressively expanded the scale of human cooperation to levels that could not have been imagined by our distant ancestors.

Two developments helped Peter and Rosemary Grant to peer into the genomes of finches. The first was the invention of tools to measure microsatellite DNA. With more than a dozen genetic loci they were able to characterize each finch with a unique DNA signature.

The unregulated pursuit of self-interest is cancerous at all scales.

Men have evolved mechanisms that motivate them to engage in physical competitions with other men and to watch other men competing.