Boredom is one of those human traits, like appreciating humor or music or ocean views, that we take for granted without ...

An updated evolutionary model shows that living systems evolve in a split-and-hit-the-gas dynamic, where new lineages appear in sudden bursts rather than during a long marathon of gradual changes.

A new study by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (MPI-EB) sheds fresh light on one of the most debated concepts in biology: evolvability. The work provides the first ...

Hoods up, torches lit, knives sharpened: viewers across the UK are ready for another delicious finale of The Traitors this evening, the TV game show where contestants try to uncloak the ruthless (not ...

Perhaps the biggest misconception about the field of evolutionary psychology, which (like many areas of human inquiry) often studies the dark side of the human experience, is the idea that ...

Feminism has ruined dating for American men. American women are too entitled, they don’t respect their men, and they just don’t understand their role in life. If you want to find a good, traditional ...

Nothing kills the vibe on a first (or third) date like discovering that the person across from you—who had seemed so full of potential—chews with his mouth open or wears sunglasses indoors or has his ...

When they first evolved from lizards more than 100 million years ago, snakes were ecological bit players slithering around the fringes of ecosystems dominated by dinosaurs. But today there are around ...

Anjali Goswami thinks cats are perfect—not in the same way as the average cat person, out of admiration for their beauty, athleticism and independence of spirit, but from a scientific standpoint.

Projection is when an individual unconsciously projects their thoughts, feelings, or behaviors onto someone else. Sigmund Freud first introduced defense mechanisms, which include projection. These are ...

Curls may be why humans have such big brains. A new study—involving a mannequin wearing wigs in a wind tunnel—reveals how. Just why humans have hair on their heads is a long-standing question that few ...

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. Throughout his life — in his overlapping business, TV and political careers — Donald Trump has ...