Courage and Cowardice in Pennsylvania In trying to assassinate Donald Trump, Thomas Matthew Crooks inadvertently provided Trump with an opportunity to display the very qualities that have made him a cult icon. Claire Lehmann 15 Jul 2024 · 7 min read
Of Monkeys and Men The Extraordinary Life and Work of Frans de Waal Lawrence M. Krauss 23 Mar 2024 · 7 min read
Why Do Men Dominate Chess? FIDE’s new policy governing who can compete in women’s categories highlights the persistent sex imbalance at the game’s elite levels. Carole Hooven 22 Mar 2024 · 27 min read
Razib Khan Answers My Most Controversial Questions About Genetics: Quillette Cetera Episode 30 A conversation with geneticist and writer Razib Khan. Zoe Booth / Razib Khan 23 Feb 2024 · 1 min read
“There’s Nothing Mystical About the Idea that Ideas Change History” An interview with Steven Pinker. Matt Johnson 1 Dec 2023 · 27 min read
The Kind of Man Your Mother Warned You About Why women love true crime. Robert King 6 Nov 2023 · 10 min read
The Unexpected Benefits of Artificial Intimacy: Quillette Cetera Episode 21 An interview with evolutionary biologist Rob Brooks about the positive aspects of AI lovers. Zoe Booth 29 Oct 2023 · 2 min read
Oppressed or Oppressor? Quillette Cetera Episode 16 Debating feminist philosopher Holly Lawford-Smith Zoe Booth / Holly Lawford-Smith 7 Sep 2023 · 1 min read
Beauty Privilege, Thirst Trapping and Promiscuity Shaming: Quillette Cetera Episode 9 Claire & Zoe discuss the complex world of intrasexual female competition and their experiences with it. Zoe Booth / Claire Lehmann 21 Jul 2023 · 2 min read
What Does She See In Him? The strange phenomenon of hybristophiles. Robert King 26 Jun 2023 · 6 min read
Running Amok An empirical analysis of spree killings finds that two distinct patterns emerge. Robert King 27 May 2023 · 8 min read
Stop Feeding Your Brain Junk Food A simple way to discourage clickbait influencers from producing low-quality content is for the rest of us to stop consuming it. Gurwinder Bhogal 26 Jul 2022 · 9 min read
The Tragedy of the Unwanted Child: What Ancient Cultures Did Before Abortion Safe abortion is the modern cure for the ancient heartbreaks of neonaticide and abandonment. Rob Brooks 24 Jun 2022 · 13 min read
What Explains Women's Fascination With BDSM Fiction? Every generation or so (i.e., roughly every 25 years) a woman (it’s always a woman) writes a book about kinky sex—and a very specific type of kinky sex. Robert King 9 May 2022 · 10 min read
Diamonds Aren't Forever (And Neither is Your Love) Diamond is the most valuable, not only of precious stones, but of all things in this world. ~Pliny The Elder Loving someone, and having them love you back, is the most precious thing in the world. ~Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook At age 11, I first glimpsed the bewildering anthropologic spectacle Rob Brooks 17 Feb 2022 · 14 min read
