Why Did Humans Evolve Big Penises But Small Testicles? Somewhere in our evolutionary past how smart and social we are became the major control on our access to sexual partners — not how big or fancy a male’s penis is. Mark Maslin 26 Jan 2017 · 5 min read
What’s the Point of Sex? It’s Communication at a Biological Level The importance of sex in creating the right environment for healthy pregnancy is also observed in clinical studies in IVF and other methods of assisted reproduction. Sarah Robertson 20 Jan 2017 · 5 min read
The Mathematics of Happiness It is popular wisdom that there are many things in this world that just can’t be quantified. It may be the case, as sociologist William Bruce Cameron suggested, that “not all the counts can be counted”. Brendon Brewer 3 Jun 2016 · 8 min read
Purity and Tolerance: The Contradictory Morality of College Campuses Moral cultures reflect their social structures, and victimhood culture is no different: It occurs in a context where there is cultural diversity, social equality, and stable authority. Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning 2 May 2016 · 7 min read
Gossip Is a Social Skill—Not a Character Flaw Gossip can actually be thought of not as a character flaw, but as a highly evolved social skill. Frank T McAndrew 25 Jan 2016 · 6 min read
Original Sin: The Sexual Motivation of Religious Extremists This misguided reticence is a product of archaic cultural mores that make sex a thing of shame for women, but one of pride for men. Janet L Factor 7 Jan 2016 · 15 min read
The Kids Are All Right Humans, like all organisms, are the product of evolution. And what evolution ‘cares’ about is genetic propagation: how many genes are passed from one generation to the next. Bo Winegard and Ben Winegard 5 Jan 2016 · 22 min read
To Rape is to Want Sex, Not Power Social science has demonstrated a strong relationship between age and sexual attractiveness. Heterosexual men are sexually attracted to young women, while homosexual men are attracted to young men. Richard Felson and Richard Moran 2 Jan 2016 · 5 min read
Authoritarianism is a Matter of Personality, Not Politics Because democracy reflects the will of the majority, extremists will never win a fair election. Adam Perkins 30 Nov 2015 · 4 min read
The Longevity of the Traumatized My grandfather is also a Holocaust survivor. At his age, he is one of the few remaining Holocaust survivors. His story is unsurprisingly a harrowing and sad one. Gregory Gorelik 31 Oct 2015 · 8 min read
