Evolutionary Psychology

Quillette Cetera Episode 16: Oppressed or Oppressor?

Debating feminist philosopher Holly Lawford-Smith.

Zoe Booth

7 Sep 2023 · 1 min read

Episode 9: Beauty Privilege, Thirst Trapping and Promiscuity Shaming

Claire & Zoe discuss the complex world of intrasexual female competition and their experiences with it.

Zoe Booth

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 · 7 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 · 12 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 · 13 min read

Luxury Belief Systems and Economic Stagnation: The Recipe for Our Discontent

Andrew Potter

19 Aug 2021 · 8 min read

The Real Causes of Human Sex Differences

David C. Geary

20 Oct 2020 · 11 min read