All Stories by Roberta McLain
- Archaeology
When we were prey
Bite marks on a 2-million-year-old human jaw suggest leopards once hunted people as prey. People likely survived by learning to team up.
- Science & Society
Our brains might help explain why people disagree on politics
Differing political views may stem from our evolutionary past — and show up in distinct brain activity. Knowing this may help with challenging discussions.
- Humans
Peripheral vision and what we can see in the dark
The differences between the rods and cones in our eyes explain why objects seem to vanish in the dark when we look at them.
