Is War Innate to Humans?

“Perhaps not, if you believe a controversial new study that suggests violence in primitive cultures is overwhelmingly the result of personal squabbles, rather than organised violence between two different groups. The finding contradicts the popular view that humans have evolved to be innately warlike.”

Salt Lake’s New Contemporary Dance Company

“When Charlotte Boye-Christensen retired in April after a decade as the artistic leader of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, she didn’t so much step down as across – taking the reins of a new interdisciplinary dance and arts company called NOW ID.” The new group gives its first performances next weekend – just a day after Boye-Christensen and her co-director get married.

Literature Is Dead (According To Straight, White Guys, At Least)

Joel Breuklander: “Every few months, a new ‘Literature is Dead/Dying’ think piece crops up in high-profile media. Perhaps you’ve noticed. As a book nerd, I certainly have, though they’ve begun to bleed together: Their diagnoses of literature’s ills tend to be eerily similar. … Still, until recently I’d never thought to look at the identities of the authors before.”

Netflix Makes Emmy History

Netflix’s strong showing in this year’s Emmy nominations — including a best-drama series bid for “House of Cards,” the first digital-originated program to enter that prestigious company — won’t change the TV industry. But it does underscore, as Academy Chairman Bruce Rosenblum noted, how our understanding of “television” is evolving.