Browsing: Evolution

One of the fascinating things about working as a psychotherapist is the opportunity to observe how many of our problems involve us getting in the way…

If you have spent time with an infant, you might recognize the scene: A child is wailing, inconsolable, and you, the parent, have to go to…

Big hands might mean big feet, but it seems long thumbs are linked to large brains – at least in primates.Researchers say the results suggest the…

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman.The natural world is full of sexual diversity—traits that challenge binary definitions of male and female—but traditional…

For centuries, codfish in the Baltic Sea, which lies between Sweden and Eastern Europe, have been a regional dietary staple. Fishers once hauled in nets filled…