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Obesity and Diabetes. It's obvious where we have gone wrong.
Seeded on Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:50 PM EST (SourceWire)
Around 188,000 years ago our species left Neanderthal man behind to become Homo Sapien. Since that time our genetic make up has changed by only half of 1%. For 187,900 of the years since then, our diet was essentially the same.
Fun and Play Are Key to Survival for Bears, Humans and Even Ants
Seeded on Sun Feb 5, 2012 9:09 PM EST (ABC News)
A growing number of scientists and other professional researchers are amassing evidence that, in all kinds of creatures, an innate impulse and ability to play - goof off a little, be curious, or just have what looks to even the most jaundiced human gatherer of data like having …
Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning Is Wrong
Seeded on Sun Jan 29, 2012 8:56 PM EST (Wired News)
Taking notes during class? Topic-focused study? A consistent learning environment? All are exactly opposite the best strategies for learning.
Why screaming babies are so hard to ignore
Seeded on Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:43 AM EST (Telegraph)
Few situations are more infuriating than taking your seat on an aeroplane or train, closing your eyes, and hearing a baby at the other end of the cabin open its lungs with the gusto of an Italian tenor. But the fact that we find a screaming baby almost impossible to ignore cou …
How can family sysadmins make a safe internet playground for kids?
Seeded on Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:42 PM EST (The Register (UK))
There's an argument which says children should be given some freedom to explore on their own, virtually as well as physically. The giggles on hearing kids discover lolcats for the very first time are as precious as any parental memory.
Now We Are Six - The Hormone Surge of Middle Childhood
Seeded on Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:50 PM EST (The New York Times)
New findings from neuroscience, evolutionary biology, paleontology and anthropology make clear that middle childhood is a time of great cognitive creativity and ambition, when the brain has pretty much reached its adult size and can focus on threading together its private intr …
Celebrities, and the human impulse to worship
Seeded on Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:37 PM EST (TheDailyReporter.com)
Is religious belief and devotion a product of our species' evolutionary history? This is not a question about whether or not God exists, but rather are we predisposed to behave in ways that appear to be worship of people or concepts? This article is written by a pastor who make …
The evolutionary origins of bullying
Seeded on Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:50 AM EST (Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American)
While it is clear that bullying has become a critical issue both within US schools and the social systems navigated by America’s youth, what is less clear is where its origins lie.
The evolutionary origin of the human family
Seeded on Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:23 AM EST (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)
New research into primate societies is helping to answer the question of where the human family came from; shedding light on its origins.
Christmas On The Brain | An Evolutionary Perspective on Holiday Traditions
Seeded on Tue Dec 13, 2011 9:07 AM EST (Science 2.0)
No matter how meaningless the stockings, songs, and symbols might seem at first glance, all the strange customs of the holidays spring from some deep and ancient place within us.
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