A new study found that some rattlesnakes are producing simpler venoms containing fewer and more focused toxin families than complex venoms -- a surprising discovery that challenges long-held ideas ...

Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) technique that brings machine vision closer to how the human brain processes images. Called Lp-Convolution, this method improves the ...

A new comparison and analysis of the genomes of species in the genus Malus, which includes the domesticated apple and its ...

Another hypothesis is that contagious yawning evolved to keep groups in sync. Yawns follow a natural circadian rhythm and ...

The eccentrics of the new right aren’t rebelling against our political regime – they are its twisted successors.

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Picture this: You’ve spent nine months growing a tiny human, survived hours of labor (or major abdominal surgery), and powered through sleepless nights—only to stare into your baby’s face and see… ...

is a human evolutionary biologist with a focus on behavioural endocrinology. She is a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, an associate in Harvard’s Department of Psychology ...

The former America's Best Kids employee is facing 27 criminal charges after being accused of taking pictures of female staff members in a staff changing room. Howitt has a settlement conference ...

In the first few weeks of spring, a 50-degree-Fahrenheit (10-degree-Celsius) day might call for a light jacket or no jacket—or even short sleeves, depending on the person. But in the fall, the same ...

There could be deep psychological – even evolutionary – factors behind ... "We should not be at all surprised that kids are really drawn to playing on computers today – nor should that ...