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Evolution

When the Composer Is a Geneticist

Jenny Graves tired of singing about Adam and Eve. So she wrote a creation oratorio based on science.

July 26, 2024

A Crystal Ball for Evolution

Long-term evolution may be more predictable than we assumed.

May 28, 2024

These Eyes Shine Light on the Path of Evolution

The visual systems of a group of mollusks reveal how future evolution depends on the past.

March 19, 2024

Evolution Is Going According to God’s Plan

In the new book Purpose, a Yale psychiatrist argues Darwinian forces are divinely guided.

February 28, 2024

Evolution Led Humans into a Trap

The cultural forces that fueled our success now threaten to end it.

January 5, 2024

What You Don’t Know About Sperm

A remarkable tale of evolution.

January 3, 2024

A Peculiar Fish and an Evolutionary Mystery

What we can learn from the macabre diets of a curious species of cichlids.

December 4, 2023

Thank Eve for Human Evolution

It’s females who vaulted biological hurdles and forged our evolutionary success.

November 29, 2023

My 3 Greatest Revelations

Joseph LeDoux on writing his new book, "The Four Realms of Existence: A New Theory of Being Human."

November 17, 2023

Psychology Lost a Great Mind

With his wife, Leda Cosmides, John Tooby transformed our understanding of human nature.

November 14, 2023

Why Is Everything an Orchid?

Orchids were Darwin’s “abominable mystery.” They continue to elude science—and efforts to save them.

October 26, 2023

What We Can Learn from an Insomniac Fish

When sleep doesn’t come on time.