Farewell Tom Stoppard: A Genius for Animating the Hard Problems
Tom Stoppardโs extraordinary gift for bringing the hardest problems in philosophy and science to life reminds us why storytellers remain essential to public understanding.
๐We honor the life of playwright Tom Stoppard (1937-2025), renowned for his ability to animate the "hard problems" of philosophy & science on stage.
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โจGiving Tuesday is just around the corner. On Tuesday, December 2, 2025, weโll be joining a global movement of generosity and shared purpose.
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โจAs we enter this season of gratitude, we want to appreciate you! Your engagement, curiosity, and care make our work possible. This year, your support has helped us grow our global community & continue offering open-access resources.
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โจRuffs, an Arctic shorebird, have four distinct male types shaped by a supergene, each with different hormones and mating strategies. Their diversity shows how vertebrate sex and behavior vary far beyond a simple maleโfemale binary.
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From New York to Seattle, voters have swept in a new generation of progressive mayors. But how are they going to deliver on their ambitious agendas? There is much to learn from the city of Boston and a consortium of universities called the Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI). I talk with the co-founder of BARI, Daniel T. O'Brien, about his new book The Pointillistic City and how all cities can emulate his highly participatory data-driven approach to evolving complex systems.
Evolving Complex Systems in Boston and Beyond with Daniel T. O'Brien
๐ขExplore our new series - Prosocial Policies that Work with David Sloan Wilson. This series celebrates examples of positive change efforts. In this edition, they talk about why voters have swept in a new generation of progressive mayors.
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Weโre scientists who study sex and gender. Hereโs what Trump gets wrong about trans people
OPINION: Despite what President Trump would have you believe,ย transgender people are a natural part of the human species, Joan Roughgarden and Jaimie Veale write.
๐ฏTransgender people are NOT a political ideology. They are a natural part of the human species, documented across cultures and rooted in developmental biology.
๐Read the full article: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
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Matt Lalonde - Ph.D from Harvard University, Chemistry and Chemical Biology. Mathieu also manages the safety program for the Harvard Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
The Science Behind the Paleolithic Diet
Why discuss the Paleo diet? ๐ฟ It challenges modern processed foods, favoring an ancestral approach. Dig into the science behind it with Harvard PhD Mathieu Lalonde in this classic 2012 talk. โฌ๏ธ youtu.be/bmL0gKEz00Q
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David Sloan Wilson poses this question to Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided By Politics and Religion. Jonathan's answer might surprise you
Who is More Phobic About Science--Conservatives or Liberals?
๐ฏThis Wednesday, we bring controversy to the table: Who is More Phobic About Science--Conservatives or Liberals? This was one of our first interview videos from This View Of Life cycles.
โWhat's your intake? Join the debate on the video's comments!
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Sex, Gender Diversity, and Evolution: Introduction
To advance both science and society, we must reaffirm sex as a biological binary while expanding gender as an evolutionary spectrum of bodies and behaviors.
๐ณ๏ธโ๐Evolutionary biologist Joan Roughgarden urges scientists to clarify sex and gender, defining sex as a biological binary and expanding gender as an evolutionary spectrum across species.
๐Read the full article: www.prosocial.world/posts/sex-ge...
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๐Tomorrow! Join Joan Roughgarden, Nathan Lents, and David Sloan Wilson for our live podcast event: Evolution's Rainbow, Revisited: Sex, Gender, and Evolution.
๐๏ธ November 13th | 12pm ET | Online event
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This View of Life Magazine has made evolutionary science accessible to readers and listeners globally. ๐ Your support ensures that this content stays accessible and free for everyone.
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Hereโs a little cosmic perspective for your day. โจ A profound and beautiful reminder from Carl Sagan that we are literally stardust:
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Listen to the Podcast (audio) version: https://goo.gl/a4XnME We apologize for the quality of this episode; It was recorded before Michael moved to the new recording studio. We still have a couple episodes to release from the old studio. Quality of subsequent episodes will be better. In this dialogue Dr. Shermer speaks with Dr. David Sloan Wilson, the renowned evolutionary biologist and Distinguished Professor of Biology and Anthropology at Binghamton University. His previous books include Evolution for Everyone, The Neighborhood Project, Does Altruism Exist? and Darwinโs Cathedral. He is the president of the Evolution Institute and editor in chief of its online magazine, This View of Life. His new book, out this week, is This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution. He and Shermer discuss: โข what it means to complete the Darwinian Revolution solving the โis-oughtโ and โnaturalistic fallacyโ through proper science and philosophy โข why evolutionary psychology is an equal opportunity offender for liberals and conservatives โข why both laissez faire and command economies fail โข what is morality? โข dispelling the myth of social darwinism โข policy as a branch of biology โข solving the tragedy of the commons through game theory โข the evolutionary origins of good and evil โข natural selection, group selection, multi-level selection and the debate with Steven Pinker and Richard Dawkins over selfish genes โข why nationalism is like religion โข how a biologist thinks about immigration, nuclear deterrence and other policy issues โข the rise of nationalism and what to do about it. This dialogue was recorded on February 1, 2019 as part of the Science Salon Podcast series hosted by Michael Shermer and presented by The Skeptics Society, in California. Listen to Science Salon via iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and Soundcloud https://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/science-salon/ Watch past Science Salon videos https://www.skeptic.com/science-salon/ Learn more about Science Salon: https://www.skeptic.com/science-salon/about/ Learn more about Skeptic https://www.skeptic.com/ SUPPORT THE PODCAST You play a vital part in our commitment to promote science and reason. If you enjoy the Science Salon Podcast, pleaseย show your supportย by making a donation, or byย becoming a patron. Your ongoing patronage will help ensure that sound scientific viewpoints are heard around the world. https://www.skeptic.com/donate/ #sciencesalon
Michael Shermer with Dr. David Sloan Wilson โ Completing the Darwinian Revolution (SCIENCE SALON#55)
๐ฏIn this dialogue, Dr. Shermer speaks with David Sloan Wilson. Dr. Shermer is a science writer, historian of science, and executive director of The Skeptics Society.
๐Watch full video: youtu.be/8jTej91xcac
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๐ Next week, join us for a dialogue that kicks off This View of Lifeโs new series on S*x, Gender Diversity & Evolution, where academic research meets the timeless question of what it really means to be alive and diverse.
๐Thursday, November 13th | 12pm EST | Online
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This View of Life takes a deep dive with the best and brightest thinkers on anything and everything from an evolutionary perspective. TVOL Podcasts are a product of ProSocial World and hosted by co-founder David Sloan Wilson.
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Support and Advertisement: https://www.patreon.com/thedailybaโ & BCBA CEUs: https://www.thedailyba.com/bcbaceus I've been FASCINATED with Elanor Ostrom's Core Deisgn Principles... Today an interview with how evolutionary biology and behavior analysis is meshing to create the prosocial movement and platform. Snag the David's newest book here: https://amzn.to/2NIJJ2X and learn more at https://www.prosocial.world/ this was captured during an ACT Bootcamp, but was not commissioned. I'll take a 15-minute call with anyone: https://calendly.com/theryanodotcom Where to send stuff: Send collab, ideas and hate mail directly to address, phone/text or email below. Phone: (740) 324-5922 Email: info@thedailyba.com Website: https://www.thedailyba.com/ Ryan O'Donnell, MS, BCBA @TheDailyBA & #TheDailyBA on all platforms (๐ฅ@TheDaily_BA) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheDailyBA/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDaily_BA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailyba/ Snapchat: https://www.snapchat.com/add/thedailyba Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/thedailyba Medium: https://medium.com/thedailyba Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thedailyba Anchor.fm: https://anchor.fm/thecontroversialexchange My Gear: Main Camera: https://amzn.to/2WmhhFc Backup Cameras: http://amzn.to/2F16nwG Lens 1: https://amzn.to/2pEknpr Lens 2: https://amzn.to/2DS2NTR Lens 3: https://amzn.to/2U850Xp Lens 4: https://amzn.to/2WjKcK0 Main Drone: http://amzn.to/2lXRR08 Main GoPro: http://amzn.to/2m2l2jc Music: http://www.epidemicsound.com/ OR https://www.musicbed.com/ My Influences: https://www.youtube.com/user/petermckinnon24 https://www.youtube.com/user/caseyneistat https://www.youtube.com/user/GaryVaynerchuk https://www.youtube.com/user/sxephil https://www.youtube.com/user/koldstudios https://www.youtube.com/user/pawalbeck https://www.youtube.com/user/devinsupertramp https://www.youtube.com/user/sapsimmeyun https://www.youtube.com/user/hankschannel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJXz-QU2_KU7pSuWr12XTHA Links for Today: Special Thanks:
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We share this past interview where David Sloan Wilson, one of ProSocial's founders, had a captivating talk with Ryan O'Donnell, a Behavior Analyst, creator of The Daily BA.
๐Watch it now: youtu.be/2dptTp_WyP8
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๐ง How do you actually optimize your brain for better performance? Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman sits down with Patrick Bet-David to provide a masterclass on actionable brain science.
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How WEIRD is Donald Trump?
Letโs hope future DNA studies donโt show a lot of Trump genes in the population.
Wealth once meant more wives and more childrenโbut has that really changed? Research finds that in modern societies, high-income men still tend to have more biological children, while high-income women have fewer.
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๐ก#AI is evolving faster than most of us can think about it. Venture capitalist Peter Fenton joins evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson for a wide-ranging conversation about how evolution and #AI might shape each other.
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This month, we lost a pioneer in our field, Jane Goodall.
She transformed how science understands what it means to be human and revealed that the roots of morality, cooperation, and culture extend deep into our evolutionary past.
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