Darwin, Marx, Freud and the Foundations of the Human Sciences (Popularity: )

This is a talk on the grand view of the human sciences, presented to CHEIRON, ...

Darwin and the Genre of Biography (Popularity: )

Published in G. Levine, ed., 'One Culture: Essays in Science and Literature'. Madison: University of ...

Secrets of the brain (Popularity: )

The organ of thought is the subject of a major new BBC television series 'Brain ...

Women's Choice of Men Goes in Cycles (Popularity: )

The BBC reports that women are attracted to more hunky men at the most fertile ...

Malthus on Man - In Animals no Moral Restraint (Popularity: )

A paper was presented to a conference on 'Malthus, Medicine and Science' organised by Roy ...

Perfect pitch may help babies speak (Popularity: )

US researchers say everyone may be born with perfect pitch to help them learn the ...

To Love, Honour and Deceive (Popularity: )

Long-term relationships are fundamentally dishonest. And it's all women's fault, new research suggests.

Baboon Key to Human Stress (Popularity: )

Article describes how the stresses and strains that afflict humans are evident in baboon societies. ...

Darwin gets a makeover (Popularity: )

Professor Steve Jones has rewritten Darwin's 'Origin of Species', a book that contains ideas which ...

Evolution, Biology and Psychology from a Marxist Point of View (Popularity: )

This article is largely historical, but the issues remain timely.

Evolutionary Psychology: An Emerging Integrative Perspective within the Science and Practice of Psychology (Popularity: )

A article on the theory and implications of this theory by Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair.

Replicators: Evolutionary Powerhouses (Popularity: )

Replicators are the fundamental units of any process of natural selection. They were first defined ...

The original 'rock music' (Popularity: )

Many Stone Age relics lying in our museums might not simply be tools but could ...

Why elephants don't forget (Popularity: )

A study of African elephants reveals that dominant females build up a social memory as ...

Mozart 'can cut epilepsy' (Popularity: )

Music, particularly Mozart, could have a therapeutic effect on epilepsy, say scientists.

Scientists 'Locate' Intelligence (Popularity: )

British and German scientists believe they have identified the specific area of the human brain ...

Unlocking the brain's potential (Popularity: )

Scientists think they have identified the part of the brain, which if switched off, can ...

What makes a good rumour? (Popularity: )

A rumour spread by a small radio station saw UK motorists trying to beat a ...

Did the Caveman Teach Us to Queue? (Popularity: )

Chris Horrie provides a critique of the discipline in this BBC News article.

Identifying the accident prone (Popularity: )

Your personality could determine how likely you are to be involved in an accident, say ...