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The Case for Adding Darwin to Behavioral Economics

As behavioral economics continues to evolve, it would profit from adopting an even broader interdisciplinary perspective.

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August 6, 2012

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Alarming Evolution of Nastier Parasites in Vaccine Study

Evolution may also play a role in how other diseases react to vaccines.
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August 6, 2012

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New Swimming Cave Cricket Species Filmed

A swimming cricket was one of three "new species" discovered by a TV crew filming in South America.
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August 6, 2012

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An Anthropologist Walks Into A Bar And Asks, ‘Why Is This Joke Funny?’

Why humor evolved.
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August 4, 2012

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Being Playful Into Adulthood Serves Evolutionary Purpose, Helps People Find Love.

The evolutionary reason behind humans' persistence of play well into adulthood.
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August 2, 2012

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Scientists Find Secret of Why Women Live Longer

Why women live longer than men.
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August 2, 2012

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Never Plan Your Fish

Lessons from the ugly Mola Mola ocean sunfish.
Rafe Sagarin
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August 1, 2012

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Being Kind Makes Kids Happy

A new study is the first to show that kids get a happiness boost from sacrificing for others, suggesting our strong inclinations for altruism.
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August 1, 2012

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Boy or Girl? Mother Can Control Outcome

Mothers can adjust the sex of their unborn children to best match their living conditions, research shows.
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July 31, 2012

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Studying Evolution With an Eye on the Future

Creating the future today.
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July 30, 2012

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Eating With an Ex ‘Can Trigger Sexual Jealousy,’ Study Finds

Do people believe that sharing food might involve sharing more than just food?
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July 30, 2012

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Conservation: Time for Triage or a Big Old Can of Red Paint?

Real conservation seems more like a scary and unpredictable black market.
Rafe Sagarin
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July 30, 2012

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Does Human Biology Favor Gun Control or Gun Ownership?

Gun control vs. Gun ownership and human nature.
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There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.

- Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species (1859)
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Evolutionary Science in Joyce’s Ulysses

James Joyce developed a writing technique that mirrored advances in the evolutionary science of his day and these insights are present in his novel. To explore this link, we can begin by looking at the most direct references to evolution science. Amidst the range of references to cultural figures in Ulysses, Charles Darwin makes a number of appearances, most notably in the fourteenth chapter, Oxen of the Sun.

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