Anthropologist Richard Wrangham has a provocative theory on human evolution. It starts with food and an open flame
By Sarah Karnasiewicz Jul 29, 2009
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Human males have yet to evolve flesh-eating sperm like some animals, but their biological imperative for sex has made them into the creatures they are today.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
June 13, 2008
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The naturalist savages them as enemies of a "proper biological education" but he's firing his artillery at the wrong target.
By Andrew Leonard
April 2, 2008
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Research on male flycatchers topples Darwin's theory of sexual selection.
By Sarah Elizabeth Richards
May 8, 2006
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By persuading the Dover, Pa., school board to teach creationism, Christian zealots have provoked a showdown over the status of not just evolutionary theory, but science itself.
By Michelle Goldberg
January 10, 2005
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Researchers find that men take pleasure in seeing pain inflicted on deserving victims, while women do not.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
January 19, 2006
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Medical research is poised to make a quantum leap that will benefit sufferers from Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, muscular dystrophy, diabetes and other diseases. But George W. Bush's religious convictions stand in its way.
By Farhad Manjoo
March 25, 2004
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Dr. Tatiana mostly offers advice on banana slug penis problems and sponge louse jealousy, but we can all gain from her sexual wisdom.
By Susan McCarthy
January 27, 2003
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The great scientist and conservationist explains the terrorism we insist on overlooking. And space colonies won't help, either.
By John Glassie
January 14, 2002
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The religious right takes its best scientific shot at Darwin with "intelligent design" theory.
By Larry Arnhart
February 28, 2001
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According to studies of the animal world, most of us are naturally inclined to "cheat" or at least have more than one mate in a lifetime.
By David Barash
January 23, 2001
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Six new books tackle human biology's Holy Grail, but each fights its own crusade.
By Ralph Brave
January 9, 2001
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Hosanna! The Human Genome Project has been completed. We will now cure diseases, weed out defective genes and create a new supergeneration in the near future. Not.
By Tabitha M. Powledge
June 27, 2000
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A tiny private company and the giant public genome project jointly crossed the finish line. But the upstart really won.
By Ralph Brave
June 26, 2000
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An interview with Sherwin B. Nuland, author of "The Mysteries Within: A
Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths."
By David Bowman
April 3, 2000
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Some psychiatric drugs do help children, but school and family are crucial, too.
By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.
March 10, 2000
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A behavioral pediatrician questions the wisdom of medicating our children.
By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D.
March 9, 2000
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Scary eugenics documents from the turn of the century shine a disturbing light on ethical dilemmas raised by genetic testing.
By Kristi Coale
November 17, 1999
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Our travel expert gives advice on eco-touring in South Florida, safety in Puerto Rico and tipping etiquette at B&Bs.
By Donald D. Groff
November 11, 1999
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Mammals can pass along acquired characteristics to their offspring, according to a new study.
By Arthur Allen
November 4, 1999
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One author doubts that we will ever explain and control the brain.
By Arthur Allen
October 27, 1999
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Women at elite universities may have broken the ivory ceiling, but they're still battling old-fashioned discrimination.
By Ann Douglas
October 11, 1999
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Kansas isn't going far enough with changes to its science curriculum
By Vicki Rosenzweig
October 11, 1999
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Studies suggest human behavior isn't as predetermined as some thought.
By Arthur Allen
June 25, 1999
How cooking makes you a man
Hard drive
E. O. Wilson gives soccer moms a bum rap
Hope for the homely
The new Monkey Trial
Thou shalt not make scientific progress
Move over, Dr. Phil!
E.O. Wilson
Assault on evolution
The myth of monogamy
Decoding the genome
Book of life?
Glenn Greenwald
Joan Walsh