Two evolutionary biologists from Michigan State University (USA) have shown that evolution punishes the selfish, because selfishness is not evolutionarily sustainable. On the contrary, cooperating pays off in the long run.
Changes in the climate are linked to an increase in social conflict and violence around the world, according to a study by the University of California and Princeton University published in the journal Science and based on data from the six continents collected in the last 12,000 years. The study shows that Earth's climate affects human relationships more than previously thought.
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter / submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have obtained the first image of a snow line in a "baby" planetary system, specifically in the disk surrounding the solar-like star TW Hydrae. The finding promises to reveal new data on the formation of planets and comets, the factors that influence their composition and the history of our solar system.
Eating breakfast or lunch in a cafeteria or restaurant with friends or office colleagues reduces cognitive control and induces more mistakes than eating at the work table, according to German research published this week in the journal PLOS ONE .
Monogamy consists of staying with the same fellow to procreate for a long period of time that sometimes lasts a lifetime. Human beings have completely naturalized this social attitude but it is not so common in other species of mammals. What are the causes of monogamous behavior? Two studies published this week raise answers to this question.
Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in the United States, have shown that it is possible to implant false memories in the brain of mice, and that many of the neurological traces of these memories are identical in nature to that of authentic memory.
As if it were a legendary creature, the cycle of the moon affects our nocturnal behavior. Scientists at the University of Basel have shown what until now was a mere popular belief: the quality of our sleep varies according to the position of the moon and worsens during the full moon period. That is, human biorhythms adapt to the astronomical rhythm.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
