David P. Barash

Extremophiles raise the prospect that perhaps life first emerged in what we—sunny children of a relatively easy, superficially life-friendly environment—have until recently considered impossible conditions.Photograph by Nicole Ottawa & Oliver Meckes / Eye of Science / Science Source Images With global climate change, habitat loss, poaching, pollution, and environmental abuse of all kinds, these are […]

The growing role of grandparents in raising children is right in line with human biology.

The private life of the African giant offers a remarkable view on evolution.

Understanding the impermanence of everything—including ourselves.

Understanding the impermanence of everything—including ourselves.