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Scientists discover gay behaviors are not only common in male monkeys, but may give them an evolutionary edge
Scientists found that rhesus macaques often participate in gay sex. The bisexual monkeys produced m…
Maiya Focht
How evolutionary science can predict which family businesses will be successful
Family businesses can be seriously impacted by intergenerational differences, family harmony, and t…
Katie Gilbert
Data released by China suggests COVID-19 virus may have come from raccoon dogs and 'strengthens' Wuhan wet-market theory
China collected COVID-19 virus data in 2019, but only recently released it. The World Health Organi…
Bethany Dawson
Dr. Fauci throws cold water on conspiracy theory that coronavirus escaped a Chinese lab
Fox News and Republican allies of President Donald Trump have been pushing the lab narrative hard i…
John Haltiwanger
Humans Could Be In The Middle Of A Huge Evolutionary Transition
According to life history theory, natural selection shapes the length of an organism's life and the…
Christina Sterbenz
Here's Why ADHD May Have Been An Evolutionary Advantage
Or, take someone who can never seem to follow directions. While annoying to the teacher or parent w…
Erin Brodwin
An Evolutionary Explanation For Why Humans Are Hard-Wired To Drink
But the gains don't end there. Once digested, the alcohol stimulated feeding, encouraging the prima…
Dina Spector
There's an alternate theory about why Mark Zuckerberg looks like he's running for president
"Zuck isn't running for President. He's trying to understand the role the product he created played…
Kif Leswing
Scientists have an interesting theory about how we got such big brains
And this new information could be used to help us in the future, too. The researchers think what th…
Molly Sequin
FIFA president Sepp Blatter floats theory that racism is natural
Tens of thousands of years have passed but the basic instinct has remained, the researchers say. If…
Half Of Americans Believe At Least 1 Conspiracy Theory
If this is your first exposure to that particular conspiracy theory, don't fret that you're out of …
Tom Jacobs
Leading Harvard physicist has a radical new theory for why humans exist
It's this similarity between the rate of mass extinction rates and the rate of our solar system's o…
Jessica Orwig
Animated map shows one theory for how language evolved across the world
In 2012, a team of evolutionary biologists at the University of Auckland led by Dr. Quentin Atkinso…
Alex Kuzoian
Scientists have a fascinating theory to explain why smart people should spend less time with friends
So, regardless of what your IQ is or what you believe it to be, it's worth paying attention to what…
Shana Lebowitz
5 Theories For Why First-Born Children Are Smarter And More Successful
Even less comforting is the evolutionary argument. It states that each kid is vying for attention o…
Drake Baer
Scientists Used Game Theory To Prove That Being Selfish Pays Off In Nature
While organisms in nature don't necessarily make decisions the way prisoner's facing interrogation …
Christina Sterbenz
This theory about a 'powder keg super-cycle' at Apple explains why expectations for iPhone 7 are so low
Because the 43% of upgraders next year will generate more sales than the 33% this year, it make sen…
Jim Edwards
Cornell professor Steven Strogatz has some clever ideas about chaos theory and beautiful theorems - and how to teach math so it isn't so boring
What do you do in this course? Well, you could do something really boring - make them learn algebra…
Could radiation really be making Chernobyl’s wild dogs evolve? A new study suggests so!
Scientists are studying the DNA of feral dogs living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone to understand …