How social isolation, loneliness can shorten your life

A new study shows the two are not same thing but can be connected, sometimes in surprising ways.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 3, 2023 ~11 min

Female animals teach each other to choose unusual males – new research

A new study modelled how a game of snog, marry, avoid, may play out in the animal kingdom.

Louise Gentle, Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University • conversation
Oct. 3, 2023 ~7 min


Is AI in the eye of the beholder?

Study shows users can be primed to believe certain things about an AI chatbot’s motives, which influences their interactions with the chatbot.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Oct. 2, 2023 ~8 min

G20 summit's plan to scare off monkeys by mimicking their 'natural enemies' may work – but not for the reasons it's supposed to

Rhesus macaques are known for harassing people in New Delhi, where the G20 summit is being held, so authorities are taking action – but is it the right action?

Isabelle Catherine Winder, Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Bangor University • conversation
Sept. 8, 2023 ~7 min

Why not all urban foxes deserve their 'bin-raiding' reputation

Research shows urban foxes may not be getting more cunning, as people believe.

Kristy Adaway, PhD Candidate in Animal Psychology , University of Hull • conversation
Sept. 4, 2023 ~5 min

Cracking the code that relates brain and behavior in a simple animal

MIT researchers model and create an atlas for how neurons of the worm C. elegans encode its behaviors, make findings available on their “WormWideWeb.”

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
Aug. 23, 2023 ~9 min

Sun bears appear so human-like they are mistaken for people in suits – experts explain

People refuse to believe the videos of sun bears at Huangzhou zoo are real bears .

Dingzhen Liu, Professor of Zoo Animal Behaviour, Beijing Normal University • conversation
Aug. 17, 2023 ~6 min

When rumors take flight

Professor Adam Berinsky’s new book examines the political misinformation that threatens the US system of government.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
Aug. 15, 2023 ~8 min


Using social media to raise awareness of women’s resources

An experiment in Egypt suggests ways to spread information for women facing domestic violence.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
Aug. 7, 2023 ~8 min

How some fish learned to hide behind others to hunt – new research

Trumpetfish are the first known predator to hide behind another animal when hunting.

Sam Matchette, Research Associate in Marine Behaviour , University of Cambridge • conversation
Aug. 7, 2023 ~5 min

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