Culture | Psychology
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Chapter one
Getting Together
Ideas | Memoir
The Parallel Universes of a Woman in Science
In physics and in life, choice and possibility play against each other.
Biology | Animals
How an Elephant Loses Its Tusks
Elephants without tusks are a response to the selective pressure of poaching.
Culture | Psychology
The Problem with Modern Romance Is Too Much Choice
Are we happier with few or many choices? One subject settles the debate—dating.
Culture | Sociology
Families of Choice Are Remaking America
Through their networks of friends, singles are strengthening society’s social bonds.
Ideas | Environment
Spark of Science: Joyce Poole
The elephant researcher tells her story.
Chapter two
Moral Decisions
Culture | Sociology
To Rescue Democracy, Go Outside
Real spaces, not digital ones, will fix our politics.
Matter | Physics
How Einstein and Schrödinger Conspired to Kill a Cat
The rise of fascism shaped Schrödinger’s cat fable.
Culture | Fiction
The Weaker Sister
When we have to evacuate Earth, only the strong will survive.
Biology | Reproduction
Why Egg Freezing Is an Impossible Choice
I don’t want to surrender to a lottery. But will I regret not playing?
Numbers | Philosophy
Euclid as Founding Father
We hold this mathematics to be self evident.
Culture | Psychology
How to Choose Wisely
From Yelping to dating, there’s a better way.
Chapter three
In the Field
Biology | Animals
Only Street Dogs Are Real Dogs
Purebreds don’t satisfy the biological definition of a species.
Culture | Psychology
There Are No True Rebels
We follow others no matter how hard we try.
Biology | Animals
How Necking Shaped the Giraffe
The private life of the African giant offers a remarkable view on evolution.
Biology | Health
The Trouble with Milk
Only 1 in 3 people have evolved tolerance to lactose.
Chapter four
In the Wild
Biology | Evolution
The Martians Are Coming—and They’re Human
How settling Mars could create a new human species.
Ideas | Science Practice
What Counts as Science?
The arXiv preprint service is trying to answer an age-old question.
Culture | Psychology
Feel Different: Breaking Your Cell Phone’s Hold
Unreliable rewards trap us into addictive cell phone use, but they can also get us out.
Biology | Evolution
The Strange Inevitability of Evolution
Good solutions to biology’s problems are astonishingly plentiful.
Ideas | Literature
Ingenious: Richard Dawkins
The evolutionary biologist reads Robert Frost.
Biology | Health
Natural Selection in an Outbreak
Every time a disease spreads, it has another chance to mutate.
Related Facts So Romantic
“Reality provides us with facts so romantic that imagination itself could add nothing to them.” —Jules Verne
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