A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways ...

Relationship patterns keep us safe. And in order to break them gently, we need more discernment and less self-criticism.

Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone’s everyday word use? My colleagues and I have conducted research ...

Have you ever met someone and felt an instant connection? Research from UCLA and Dartmouth suggests that our brains recognize ...

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There are some imperfections, but for the most part these bubbles intersect at three-way junctions with angles close to 120 degrees. This “preference” is dictated by the interplay between the material ...

Imagine navigating through a forest, where each tree represents a family, and its roots represent its members that span back many generations. The roots, entwined and deep, hold the shared experiences ...

With strategically used patterns, a room can be styled particularly elegantly. Certain patterns are even indispensable for ...

Provocative new research suggests that fetuses have the ability to discern faces when they're still in the womb. A study involving 34-week-old fetuses found they were more likely to focus on a pattern ...