Seeing God in Tsunamis and Everyday Events

It’s only a matter of time—in fact, they’ve already started cropping up—before reality-challenged individuals begin pontificating about what God could have possibly been so hot-and-bothered about to trigger last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. (Surely, if we were to ask Westboro Baptist Church members, it must have something to do with the gays.) But from a psychological perspective, what type of mind does it take to see unexpected natural events such as the horrifying scenes still unfolding in Japan as “signs” or “omens” related to human behaviors?

Published: Mar 13, 2011
Length: 8 minutes (2,157 words)

The “Bitch” Evolved: Why Girls Are So Cruel to Each Other

Researchers study the natural foundations of female social aggression

Published: May 27, 2009
Length: 5 minutes (1,465 words)