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Social dilemmas, in which an individual profits from selfishness, unless the whole group chooses the selfish option, have long provided an academic challenge.

The photo of ‘The Dress’ confused the world back in February and became an internet meme. While some of us say it is blue and black, others see it as white and gold. Find out why.

It’s portrayed in movies again and again – a character gets rejected by someone attractive and then falls willingly into the arms of someone perhaps less attractive.

Study challenges media-fueled stereotype of homicidal mayhemMass shootings at the hands of unhinged loners – such as those in Aurora, Colorado; Santa Barbara, California, and Newtown, Connecticut…

Red is a warning color in nature — and can affect perceptions in human social groups, tooMen who wear red clothes send out a signal that they are angry and aggressive, in much the same way as if…

If you have a spring in your step and a smile on your face, you’re in good company. Americans are generally a pretty happy bunch, according to a new study that aims to further our collective understanding of happiness and its root causes. With age come…

A mouse model has been developed that exhibits the neuropathological and behavioral features associated with the most common genetic form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), which are caused…

Researchers are studying quail to understand the underlying mechanisms involved in their breeding behaviors.

Chewing, breathing, and other regular bodily functions that we undertake “without thinking” actually do require the involvement of our brain, but the question of how the brain programs such regular functions intrigues scientists. Scientists have no…

People who see old age as a time of loneliness or expect to be lonely in old age are two to three times more likely to feel alone in later life.