Living with wildlife is just something we do, whether we're waiting for turkeys to cross the road at UC Davis or watching a coyote trot across a field at dawn. But as people and the built world expand ...

A smile, tears in your eyes or a blush on your cheeks: We understand one another better by mirroring one another's emotions. In her Ph.D. dissertation, Julia Folz concludes that people with autism or ...

From election cycles to workplace committees to family dinners at home, conversations can be tense. While many people are getting into heated debates, others are self-censoring online and offline as a ...

When I was a teenager, a professor my parents knew heard that I wanted to major in physics. Because I am blind, he told my parents that wouldn’t be possible: “Physicists,” he informed us, “have to be ...

Self-control can be hard for all of us. Even those who have lots of willpower and aren’t prone to impulsive decisions are usually surrounded by temptations such as indulgent food, shiny new products, ...

How can people with diametrically opposed views suddenly stand shoulder to shoulder in protest? Researchers from Copenhagen, Oslo and Mainz have investigated this question. The starting point is the ...