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Is Violence Declining Because We’re Evolving More Patience?
Impulsiveness is a heritable trait that may have been maladaptive in agrarian life.
Ingenious: Lisa Feldman Barrett
Inside a new theory of emotions that spotlights how the brain works.
The Woman Who Gave Us the Science of Normal Life
Before Rachel Carson there was Ellen Swallow Richards, MIT’s first female student.
Why You Feel the Urge to Jump
The science and philosophy of looking down from a high place.
Darwin Was a Slacker and You Should Be Too
Many famous scientists have something in common—they didn’t work long hours.
