This View of Life
Magazine

Ten thousand years of cultural evolution has impressively expanded the scale of human cooperation to levels that could not have been imagined by our distant ancestors.

Two developments helped Peter and Rosemary Grant to peer into the genomes of finches. The first was the invention of tools to measure microsatellite DNA. With more than a dozen genetic loci they were able to characterize each finch with a unique DNA signature.

The unregulated pursuit of self-interest is cancerous at all scales.

Men have evolved mechanisms that motivate them to engage in physical competitions with other men and to watch other men competing.

The Daily Show reveals the stupidity behind attacks on science.

Evidence that a person’s religious action shapes how others perceive him or her can help us better understand why we see such impressive forms of religious devotion the world over.