Couples who perceive a drop in happiness in the first year after they became parents, have a lower probability of...

The oldest known Old World monkey, Victoriapithecus, first made headlines in 1997 when its fossilized skull was discovered on an...

Toddlers have a reputation for being stubborn, selfish, and incapable of sharing. But researchers from the Max Planck Institute for...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics (Germany), VU University Amsterdam (Netherlands) and Max Planck Florida Institute for...

The world is a risky place. But our subjective fears and anxieties are often at odds with the evidence. New...

Great leaders are often good communicators. In the process of communication, the relationship between leaders and their followers develops spontaneously...

X-linked intellectual disability is a disorder that predominantly affects men and can have highly variable clinical manifestations. Scientists at the...

The elderly often complain about hearing difficulties, especially when several people are talking all at once. Researchers at the Max...

Scientists estimate that our brain consists of about ten to one hundred billions of nerve cells. In order to fulfill...

Whether an odor is pleasant or disgusting to an organism is not just a matter of taste. Often, an organism’s...

How do we as individuals prompt our fellow humans to behave socially? This is one of the central questions relating...

In addition to their song, songbirds also have an extensive repertoire of calls. While the species-specific song must be learned...

Parkinson’s disease affects neurons in the Substantia nigra brain region – their mitochondrial activity ceases and the cells die. Researchers...

Several human neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s disease but also ageing, are linked to an accumulation of abnormal...

Music can be soothing or stirring, it can make us dance or make us sad. Blood pressure, heartbeat, respiration and...