The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins’s first book, was published in October 1976 and 50 years on, it is still selling, in more than 30 languages. For a science book – not least one with “gene” in its ...

In other news, the anti-data center people are apparently Chinese operatives as opposed to normal folks who don't want to suddenly live next to a heavy industrial park.

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In 1976, Richard Dawkins published a book titled after an idea he’d come up with while teaching a lecture on animal behaviour for his PhD supervisor. It just so happened that the idea of The Selfish ...

Whether it’s a partner, a father, or a friend, we’ve all come in contact with a selfish person before in our lives. They use condescending language, invalidate our feelings, and constantly convey the ...

What could explain this link? Perhaps wealth turns people bad, isolating them from others and making them more selfish. Or is it that people who are already ruthless and selfish are more likely to ...

I recently received a terminal cancer diagnosis. Instead of enduring chemo to extend my life for only a few months, I have decided to forgo treatment and let the inevitable happen. My (adult) children ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Selfishness, a trait often wrapped up in layers of charm and charisma, can be tricky to pin down. It's the undercurrent in ...

An introner jumped between this species, a glass sponge, and an unrelated species of marine protist called a dinoflagellate. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, ...

Eduardo Ariedo is a video game journalist known among friends for leading Bohemians, an Irish football club, to a Champions League title in Football Manager—just mention the game, and his eyes light ...

Lurking within the genomes of nearly all species--including plants, fungi, and even humans--are genes that are passed from generation to generation with no clear benefit to the organism. Called ...

A New Yorker named Natalie has responded to critics who called her “selfish” for not bearing children, saying that she prefers to be “the fun auntie.” “I hear the question, ‘Who’s going to take care ...