taste of science: A Brief History of Your Mind and Building Sandcastles for Sex

A History of Your Mind in 17 Minutes

Today, you may have read some emails, bought groceries, or used public transportation. But once upon a time, you were a baby. Babies can’t read, reason about money, or interpret a bus schedule. How did you get so smart?

Speaker: Mariel Goddu, UC Berkeley

Will build for sex: How and why fish build sandcastles in Lake Malawi

Animals (including humans) do a lot of odd, difficult, and at times downright confusing things in their efforts to win mates.

Speaker: Ryan York, Stanford