The next Research Ideation Lunch: Apocalypse Pop-Up Café is Mon, Nov 17. We’ll explore the future of AI in business, education, health, supply chains & finance. Apocalypse Cafés = playful spaces to spark ideas, build trust & collaborations.

Last weekend was magical ✨ Sat next to Craig Senyk on the plane (the legend himself!), then attended the 10th annual Calgary Music Awards with a friend. Ran into the amazing Ashley Ghostkeeper too. Life is a movie.

🚨 Call for Wild Ideas 🚨 Got a theory too bold for a grant? A study so extreme it borders sci-fi? Pitch it at Extreme Experiments & Unhinged Hypotheses—5-min lightning talks at #ZAMM2025. Submit here 👉 https://t.co/DrMFlzoIH6 More info:

💞 Friendship isn’t about keeping score. It’s about helping when it counts. In our new @ConversationUS article, @JessicaDAyers & I explore why true friendship works like risk-pooling, not exchange. Read here 👉 https://t.co/nw4T5ifwLU #Friendship #Psychology

Do we really keep score in our friendship? See what @AthenaAktipis and I have to say about why this isn’t always the case

🧠🔥 Join us at #ZAMM2025! Got a theory too wild for peer review? A study too ambitious to fund? Pitch it at Extreme Experiments & Unhinged Hypotheses — 5-min lightning talks where imagination rules. Submit here 👉

🚨 Call for Wild Ideas 🚨 Got a theory too bold for a grant? A study so extreme it borders sci-fi? Pitch it at Extreme Experiments & Unhinged Hypotheses—5-min lightning talks at #ZAMM2025. Submit here 👉 https://t.co/DrMFlzoIH6 More info:

🚨 Antibiotic resistance isn’t inevitable. National-level action works, but it has to be consistent and well-supported. Our study shows that even incremental improvements can reduce antibiotic resistance trends. https://t.co/K2iORtA7mk #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #AMR

🔍 We review how organisms—from bacteria to parasites—interfere with pain systems, and what it means for: ⚕️ Public health 🧪 Infectious disease 💊 Pain treatment and management https://t.co/fAJ4qoKfK0 #Neurobiology #GlobalHealth

What happens when everything falls apart? 🌍 Join me for the W. P. Carey Research Ideation: Apocalypse Pop-Up Café on Sept 9, 11:30–1:00 @ ASU. Let’s rethink business + resilience in uncertain times. RSVP 👉

Can shared faith help people cooperate on something as complex as health care? In the U.S., health care sharing ministries (HCSMs) offer a powerful real-world example of how religion can facilitate cooperation. https://t.co/xIQ8sZuHc7 #Religion #Cooperation #HealthCare

“When the need is clear and the ability is there, people help—no questions asked.” In this clip, @AthenaAktipis joins @TheAnnaGat to explore community building, the benefits of cooperation, and what truly sustains us in crisis. From our salon, "Surviving the Apocalypse"

Nearly 20 years old… @rkurzban & @athenaaktipis’s argument for a modular—rather than a unitary—self, which better fits observations of apparent inconsistent representations, and reflects the interaction of evolution with our social development: https://t.co/7aQ09Cn8ac

Fitness interdependence can unify insights from psychology, anthropology, and evolutionary biology—offering a framework to solve long-standing puzzles of human cooperation. https://t.co/yhMZWCa65I #Cooperation #HumanSociality #EvolutionaryTheory

Your child may live in you forever—literally. Fetal cells can stay in a mother’s body for decades. But do they help or hurt? Our paper uses evolutionary conflict theory to explore how fetal microchimerism affects maternal health. https://t.co/SlL3m5Bs53

The improv rule of “yes, and” isn’t just for comedy—it’s a tool for resilience. A brilliant insight from @AthenaAktipis on “Surviving the Apocalypse” with @TheAnnaGat

What is shame for? It’s not just a social emotion—it’s an evolved defense mechanism against being devalued by others. New cross-cultural research shows shame works the same way across the globe. https://t.co/L3kfdFrFyq #EvolutionaryPsychology #Emotions #Anthropology

Distinguishing the real McCoy from a fake can be tricky in general, but we can certainly tell spontaneous laughter from ‘volitional’ (ie fake) laughter, research by Bryant and @athenaaktipis finds—suggesting they are produced by different vocal systems: https://t.co/mlNBQxWiqW

Why do we get cancer? It’s not just bad luck—it’s evolution. This special issue explores how evolutionary biology is reshaping our understanding of cancer: why it exists, how it grows, and what we can do about it. https://t.co/5dlqIufo5w #CancerEvolution #Oncology

What if tumors evolve like ecosystems? We applied life history theory to cancer to explain why tumor cells show such diverse behaviors—from rapid growth to quiet dormancy. #CancerEvolution #LifeHistoryTheory https://t.co/x5jpxci4E6