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Researcher and prolific science communicator who laid bare the social lives of apes. Researcher and prolific science communicator who laid bare the social lives of apes.

Frans de Waal was just starting his career in primate research in the mid-1970s when he watched a male chimpanzee aggressively confront another at a zoo enclosure in the Netherlands. Awhile later, the chimp calmed down and held his palm up, a gesture of reconciliation. The two chimps hugged. The moment sparked a lifetime exploration, […]

Life Examined shares the best reads of 2022. From books about joy, heartbreak, and the superpowers of animals, this list has something for everyone.

Listen to Your Inner Ape, a one-man show, produced by the Drum Tower West Theater in downtown Beijing, has been enthralling thousands of theatergoers and non-theatergoers over the last few months.

Primatologist and author Frans de Waal discusses what he’s learned about gender differences through studying our closest ape ancestors.

Gender

Gender

Frans de Waal’s “Different” is a fascinating study of gender among monkeys and apes, but its account of human behavior is less satisfying.

Isabelle Boemeke Is the Nuclear Influencer the World Deserves Isabelle Boemeke Is the Nuclear Influencer the World Needs Highsnobiety / Elliot & Erick Jimenez Let’s talk about the most dangerous energy source on earth. The World Health Organization blames it for 29 percent of all lung cancers, 24 percent of strokes, a quarter of all heart disease, and 43 percent of chronic lung infections — all of which could be prevented. Making electricity by burning fossil fuels produces invisible partic...