Chip Walter, author of “Last Ape Standing,” describes what we know about the Neanderthal’s day-to-day life and why Homo sapiens were better adapted to survive and thrive in this Wall Street Journal article.
Commute by bus? Do you strike up a conversation, or avoid strangers at all costs by feigning sleep or plugging into an mp3 player? If you have, you’re not alone. Welcome to the weird world …
Why are we obsessed with mints, and the “minty fresh” feeling they leave? Marketing. Bad breath, or “halitosis,” social no-no, is a fact of life. Good thing the supermarket aisles are packed with products to …
Why do we hoard? Easy. We like our lives the way we are, and want to keep them that way. Change can be scary. It insinuates to our brains that order is about to be …
Naked in public: check. Being chased: check. Falling: check. We’re all so different – yet we share certain “dream themes? Whether they’re missing their jeans, sari, anorak, tunic, or sarong, humans around the world admit …
Sex, in most of the animal kingdom, is pretty mundane. Why do humans make such a big deal out of it? Humans have sex for all sorts of reasons: to increase intimacy, to express love, …
The Hungarian-born journalist migrated to the United States near the end of the civil war. Recruited to serve in Massachusetts, he instead joined the Lincoln Cavalry in New York serving with Sheridan’s Troopers. Following the war he struggled to find work, faring poorly until settling in St. Read more >>>