New research from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development shows that adolescents are more likely to ignore information that could prompt them to rethink…
New research from Yale University reveals how gun violence spreads over social networks through a process of social contagion. Gun violence is often described as…
New research from Yale University and NYU reveals that older adults are less inclined to take risks due to changes in brain anatomy rather than…
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research have discovered a novel regularity for vastly different human societies and epochs. On average, as lives…
New research shows that the benefits associated with being born in a later year outweigh the biological risks associated with being born to an older…
A new study form Yale University details how some parents underestimate their children’s weight, a misperception with important implications for clinical prevention and treatment of…
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute examine why life expectancy disparities between population groups have been increasing and see if there is a guide to…
In a newly published study, neuroscientists from MIT and Columbia University reveal how neurons in one part of the brain measure time intervals and accurately…
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute show that behavioral compatibility plays an important role in mate choice in zebra finches. Zebra finches allowed to breed…
A newly published study from the Max Planck Institute reveals that the satisfaction levels of parents depend not only on the number of children they…
New research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology shows that wild chimpanzees plan their breakfast time, type and location when food supplies are…
Using data collected from 18 chimpanzee research sites, a newly published study shows that chimps engage in violent and sometimes lethal behavior regardless of human…
Scientists from the University of Cambridge have discovered a natural example of a functioning gear mechanism in an insect. Previously believed to be only man-made,…
In a new study, evolutionary anthropologists reveal that attractive bonobo females are more likely to win conflicts against males. Female social dominance over males is…
UCLA scientists have identified for the first time the brain regions associated with the successful spread of ideas. How do ideas spread? What messages will…
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute discovered that women prefer the smell of men who have different immune gene variants than they themselves have, cracking…
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute have discovered that cooperative relationships between chimpanzees are facilitated by an endocrinological mechanism involving the hormone oxytocin, even when…
There’s a reason why people are spending money on television show DVDs and Blu rays that are essentially reruns, but this behavior is more complicated…