The mating display of the male bird of paradise owes its optical extravagance to a background so black it is the envy of telescope and solar panel engineers, according to a new study published Jan. 9 in the journal Nature Communications.
Their velvety...
People tend to dislike immorality in others, but they make exceptions, a new Yale University study has found.
Disapproval of qualities associated with immorality such as dishonesty, sexual infidelity, mercilessness, and selfishness is conditional and not...
The healing effects of stem cells in spinal cord injury can be aided by their ability to hitch intercellular rides to specific anti-inflammatory cells called M2 macrophages, Yale researchers report.
Yale University researchers had previously shown that...
The nervous system has the capacity to change based on experience. This plasticity is thought to underpin the formation and retrieval of memories. How plasticity of individual neurons contribute to learned behavior is a fundamental, and unanswered...