Back in March, my mother called from Poland to ask if I could paint a particular sunset scene for her sister. I’d rec...
Please wear a mask when taking selfies with gorillasGorillas can catch SARS-CoV-2 from humans: in January, it spr...
Humans are emotional beings, with feelings that show in our behaviours and facial expressions. But whether these mean...
Just one day of forced social isolation evokes a similar neural response as food deprivation, US scientists have foun...
Showing empathy towards someone – putting yourself in their shoes – is an admirable and important human virtue, espec...
Babies love lullabies and they aren’t fussy about what language we sing them in, a new study suggests.When resear...
When you look at a robot, do you tend to think of it as having human attributes or as a mechanical algorithm?Scie...
How much control do you have over your thoughts? What if you were specifically told not to think of something – like ...
Being aggressive, selfish and manipulative doesn’t bring more power at work than being nice, generous and trustworthy...
Credit: Mauricio Marat, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e HistoriaHuman faces are arguably the most important ...
Many people like to think they can multitask, but they probably can’t – at least not effectively. As Cosmos has repor...
Young children are motivated to explore, even if it means giving up guaranteed rewards, a new US study suggests.R...
