Recent research on empathy in humans and other mammals seeks to dissociate emotional
and cognitive empathy. These forms, however, remain interconnected in evolution, across …

Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have been extensively used during the last two decades,
either as effective bio-imaging contrast agents or as carriers of biomolecules such as drugs …

A New York Times Bestseller and winner of the PEN/EO Wilson Literary Science Writing
Award" Game-changing."—Sy Montgomery, New York Times Book Review Mama's Last …

Nanomaterials have, by definition, one or more dimension in the nanometer scale (≤ 100
nm) range and subsequently show novel properties from their bulk materials. The synthesis …

Spontaneous mimicry appears fundamental to emotional perception and contagion,
especially when it involves facial emotional expressions. Here we cover recent evidence on …

In mammals, helping is preferentially provided to members of one's own group. Yet, it
remains unclear how social experience shapes pro-social motivation. We found that rats …

The view of humans as violent war-prone apes is poorly supported by archaeological
evidence and only partly supported by the behavior of our closest primate relatives …

Empathy is a phenomenon often considered dependent on higher-order emotional control
and an ability to relate to the emotional state of others. It is, by many, attributed only to …

Modern humans live in an “exploded” network with unusually large circles of trust that form
due to prosociality toward unfamiliar people (ie xenophilia). In a set of experiments we …

Have humans always waged war? Is warring an ancient evolutionary adaptation or a
relatively recent behavior--and what does that tell us about human nature? In War, Peace …