According to a new study led by Harvard researchers in Nature Neuroscience, this so-called "learning machine" speaks in two different codes—one for recently-acquired learned movements and another for ...

Social singing and dance are often assumed to be hard-wired into the human condition; studies have supported the conclusion that these are common across cultures. But new research from a University of ...

If you’ve ever cooked a complex meal with someone, you know the level of coordination required. Someone dices this, someone sautés that, as you dance around holding knives and hot pans. Meanwhile, you ...

Never underestimate the mind of a crow. Members of a family of birds that includes ravens, rooks, magpies, and jays, crows have been known to bend wire into hooks to retrieve food; drop nuts in a road ...

Picture a baby chimp clinging to its mother's back, wide eyes taking in everything around it. Just like human babies, these little ones start life completely helpless, relying on their mom for ...

Having healthy relationships can lead to increased happiness and even a higher chance of living a longer life. But establishing those connections — and maintaining them — can be tricky. Mark Groves is ...

Source: Ryanvanhuyssteen, via Wikimedia Commons. Michael Cant, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Exeter, has long been fascinated by the balance between cooperation and conflict required ...