What we can learn from the macabre diets of a curious species of cichlids.
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Evolution
It’s females who vaulted biological hurdles and forged our evolutionary success.
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Joseph LeDoux on writing his new book, "The Four Realms of Existence: A New Theory of Being Human."
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With his wife, Leda Cosmides, John Tooby transformed our understanding of human nature.
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Orchids were Darwin’s “abominable mystery.” They continue to elude science—and efforts to save them.
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When sleep doesn’t come on time.
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600 million years ago, the sea sponge had a dream.
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Violence is written in their genes.
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Adaptations that once saved creatures are now putting them in peril.
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