You may not be aware of it, but there is a battle afoot in the theory of evolution.  The fight is over inclusive fitness theory—an approach...

I've been on a kick lately of re-reading my old favorite fantasy novels. I started with some of Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronic...

I'm a mathematician who studies evolution. I'm also a person who thinks about how people can find meaning and purpose in their live...

Inequality is a national conversation topic now, thanks largely to the efforts of Occupy Wall Street and the broader Occupy movement. Fund...

This week, the field of science bloggers are addressing the question " Are we doomed? "  It's a good question.  There is no s...

Last post , I used the example of a protest against peanut allergy-related procedures to explore how the American conception of "ri...