People have always put faith in their gut feelings, those quick instincts that guide us. Think of a blackjack dealer spotting ...

Several genetic variants associated with social behavior in honey bees are located within genes that have previously been ...

The idea that people make decisions based on social context is not a new one in neural economic games. But now, for the first time, researchers show the impact of the social context may spring from ...

Entrenched conflicts - they exist globally, as we see in the Middle East. Closer to home, Republicans and Democrats remain entrenched. Now, most of us do not stop to consider how brain science might ...

The Unique Bond Between Humans and Pets The relationship between humans and pets is unlike any other in the animal kingdom.

But the researchers cautioned that the work could not shed much light on sexual orientation in humans. By Carl Zimmer In more than 1,500 animal species, from crickets and sea urchins to bottlenose ...

Move over, fashion week — the hottest accessory of the season is a blade of grass shoved in your ear. Or, for the truly daring: your butt. Chimpanzees at a Zambian wildlife sanctuary are going viral — ...