Phrenology chart from 1883 A paper just out in the Proceedings of the Royal Society says that it turns out that, yes, we can predict mor...

Back on June 25, the New York Times ran a story by Carl Zimmer about the role that the lack of confirmation or refutation studies plays in ...

Well, now we know!  It is the secret to our ancestors' evolutionary success.  Floss your teeth if you want to make a baby!  Yes, the tru...

All those dietary recommendations published in newspapers every day?  Anchovies are aphrodisiacs, sassafras tea cures the common cold, antio...

In the incoming tide (or was it an onslaught?) of science in the 18th and, especially the 19th century a few interesting things converged, w...

The July Carnival of Evolution post is up.  Carnival blogs are rumored to be an endangered species so read 'em while you can.  Or even...

In a superficial way we can spoof the gene-for, genetic and evolutionary determinism that is so rife in and out of science these days.  If g...