Dogs, and some of their owners, showed off their costumes and creativity as they walked along Avenue A from 13th Street to 7th Street.
Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images One of the most enduring of recent political trends is a sharp partisan divergence in confidence about each party’s electoral future. Democrats are forever “fretting” or even “bed-wetting;” they are in “disarray” and pointing fingers at each other over disasters yet to come. Republicans, reflecting the incessant bravado of their...
Prosecutors allege the child was starved to death by his parents.
The evolution of life is marked by the emergence of novel traits, driven by the birth of new genes. This process of genetic innovation underpins adaptation, shaping the survival and success of species. Understanding how these new genes originate and evolve remains one of biology’s greatest challenges. A recent study...
According to Britannica, “art” can be described as something “consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination” – whereas Wikipedia defines it more narrowly as a human activity. But are humans the only species that makes art? If we take art to be something that is beautiful and consciously...
A recent study in Molecular Psychiatry found that using an oxytocin nasal spray can make people feel more guilt and shame and less willing to harm others, even if it could lead to benefits. The findings contrast oxytocin’s effects with vasopressin, another neuropeptide involved in social behavior, which did not...
