This View of Life
Magazine

Are all these brain studies really telling us much as we think they are?

Those who believe that a supernatural being created the universe have never posed an intellectual challenge to evolutionary theory.

With a clearer picture of where we came from, we may find a better understanding of who we are and where we are going.

Recreation may look like it serves no obvious purpose, but when dogs and other animals are having fun they are learning some valuable lessons.

Even babies as young as a year-and-a-half can guess what other people are thinking, new research suggests.

A science teacher asks if scientists and biblical literalists can get along.

The primates have an altruistic 'tally chart' that keeps track of social rewards and gifts.

Gut bacteria links human and chimpanzees.

WHY, then, is the natural shift from passionate to companionate love often such a letdown?

The same genes that gave rise to higher mental function are also responsible for a number of brain disorders.

Animals have become more complex over time could be a thing of the past.

Would cloning a Neanderthal be a desirable thing to do?