In an old psychology experiment, American participants read the quote "I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in the physical," and asked their degree of agreement. But there was a twist....

My new book. Coming April 2026. amazon.com/dp/0226824225 "I am the scientist who provides the evidence with which others can form their own conclusions." --Dr. Ian Stevenson

My friend and editor, Peggy Sastre, recently wrote a beautiful tribute article for Jane Goodall at Le Point. In it she also mentions a passage from my book Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves (2018), about my own transformative experiences with a chimp named Noelle. I share the

Are we the only species with a sense of humor? What the science says: beringinmind.substack.com/p/the-rat-that…

Slut-shaming, bodycount… Les stéréotypes sur la sexualité féminine démontés par la science Par Jesse Bering l.lepoint.fr/7B3

Le saviez-tu ? Le BON COUP DU DIMANCHE SOIR est tout aussi merveilleux le LUNDI MATIN et aujourd'hui Jesse Bering nous parle de slut-shaming, de bodycount, et d'autres stéréotypes sur la sexualité féminine démontés par la science lepoint.fr/tiny/1-2602260 #Débats via Le Point

The exact spot where, in 1888, Vincent van Gogh set up his canvas in the courtyard of the hospital in Arles while being treated for “acute mania with generalised delirium” after cutting off his own ear.

Sarah couche avec plein d'hommes, et alors ? Ce n’est pas elle qui a un problème, c’est nous – et nos cerveaux coincés à l’âge de pierre. Jesse Bering Traduction Peggy Sastre ➡️ l.lepoint.fr/Jgv

The Sneaky F*cker Hypothesis Can mimicking the opposite sex be an evolved reproductive strategy? tinyurl.com/4d63bnkk

I'm delighted to report that Jesse Bering will be appearing on THE SAAD TRUTH in early 2026 to discuss his latest book:

"One of the more provocative ideas I’ve come across in evolutionary biology is the aptly named 'sneaky f*cker hypothesis.' It was originally meant for alternate mating strategies in a subset of individuals of a species, such as how some males in the lizard species Uta

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex Differences But Were Too PC To Ask The first excerpt of my forthcoming book, A Billion Years of Sex Differences [Link below.]

Thanks, Michael Shermer. See also this piece “How Evolutionary Theory Explains Transphobia” — otherwise known as “the penis effect.” I’ve started writing a new weekly sex and science column for Le Point magazine (staggered reposts in English on my Substack), and have been getting

This is the sort of footnote--commonplace now in the peer-reviewed psychology literature--that shows how difficult it has become over the past decade to know exactly who was being studied. Gender-based constructs are quite real, but researchers have had to be so cautious in

“the average person’s beliefs are a social signal, not a deep philosophical stance. The reason they get so angry when challenged is because the belief was never based on logic. It’s not about ideas; it’s about group membership.” quillette.com/2025/10/03/how…

"Evolutionary psychology and sociobiology are today what is called normal science." archive.ph/6idCM#selectio…

Is it just me (or maybe my gloomy algorithm), or is anyone else suddenly seeing a bunch of posts with people’s “final words” or notifications from friends and family that the X account holder has passed away? Trying not to be cynical here, but… 🧐