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Evolution

A photo of a woman and child working on schoolwork together at home while wearing masks

Children & Coronavirus

Don’t Undersell the Facts: Why Kids Deserve Accurate Coronavirus Information

June 26, 2020

A photo of a woman wearing a mask putting her hand up to prevent someone from coming too close

COVID-19 "Ick" Factor

Ew, Gross! Four Ways Disgust Is Shaping the Coronavirus Pandemic

April 16, 2020

A photo of Cheryl Knott and her family

Anthropology

Up Close, and Up High, with Orangutans

February 24, 2020

Two toddlers sit and play with alphabet blocks next to each other.

Child Psychology

Are Kids Hardwired for Revenge?

September 9, 2019

A Sifaka lemur in a tree

Anthropology

Why Lemurs Smell Better than You

June 1, 2018

PhD candidate Evan Kristiansen (GRS’20). Kristiansen and his advisor, associate professor of biology Sean Mullen, study butterflies to understand the genetics of speciation. Photo by Cydney Scott

Biology

Seeking Clues to Natural Selection in Butterfly Wings

May 31, 2018

Hands holding open the How the Piloses Evolved Skinny Noses book by Deborah Kelemen and the Boston University Child Cognition Lab

Biology

New Book by BU Researchers Teaches Natural Selection to Children

September 29, 2017

Deborah Kelemen, Boston University Child Cognition Lab

Education

Lessons in Natural Selection

July 11, 2017

Egg brooding by a female Cochranella granulosa on the Rio Frijoles in Panama.

Biology

(Some) Frogs Are Better Parents Than We Thought

May 9, 2017

Red leaf cutter ants hive behaviour carrying food from fruiting

Biology

Science in a Post-Truth Society

April 20, 2017

Pheidole dentata minor worker ants

Biology

Ants Don’t Get Alzheimer’s

July 11, 2016

Peter Blake, assistant professor in Boston University department of psychological and brain sciences and director of Boston University Child Development Labs

Psychiatry & Psychology

“It’s Not Fair!”

November 18, 2015

Andrea Digiorgio Cornell Tree Climbing Institute, Borneo orangutan research

Anthropology

Chasing Orangutans

January 26, 2015

Biology

Five Thousand Heads Are Better Than One

November 14, 2014

Five Thousand Heads Are Better Than One