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The Evolutionary Story of Cancer, animation commissioned by ASU’s “Arizona Cancer Evolution Center”, song based on the book “The Cheating Cell” by Athena Aktipis.

Abdominal breaks down the links between religious and poetic inspiration, one of the key themes of the new book of the same name by author Seth Brown.

Kosha Dillz tells the story of Schmuck the Buck, Santa’s Jewish reindeer, and the unity of the holiday season.

Abdominal breaks down the key elements of the classic 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Abdominal summarizes Sonja Lyubomirsky’s 2008 bestseller “The How of Happiness” in a playful lyrical flow. What rhymes with “hedonic adaptation”?

A zombie anthem exploring the evolutionary science of parasitism, from pathogens to social media.

Baba Brinkman summarizes the case for nuclear power as a crucial tool in the fight against climate change, especially given the rising energy demands of the developing world, based on the book “A Bright Future”.

Baba Brinkman distills the evolutionary argument for the origin and function of emotions, including the ways they can produce anxiety, depression, and addiction in the modern environment, based on the book “Good Reasons for Bad Feelings” by Randy Nesse.

Baba Brinkman takes the perspective of an alien biologist assessing the life forms on planet earth, from bacteria to fish to humans, and inferring the evolutionary processes that produced them, both genetic and cultural, based on the book “The Ape That Understood the Universe” by Steve Stewart-Williams.