New genomic research provides strong rationale against genetic determinism for behavior. It has long been known that there is a complex interplay between genetic factors and environmental influences ...

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

Biologists tend to look at the animal kingdom and try to categorize things in an organized fashion. But nature has a way of ...

It is one of the enduring debates in psychology, stemming all the way back to our philosophical origins: What is the relationship between our biology, or nature, and that of the environment, or ...

Recent years have seen a surge in interdisciplinary research aimed at improving wildfire evacuation policies and understanding human behaviour in emergencies. Scholars are now combining traffic ...

The belief that the full moon influences human behavior, mood, sleep quality, and health has been prevalent across cultures for centuries. In Shakespeare's "Othello," the character Emilia suggests ...

Communities across the globe are facing unprecedented challenges in the Anthropocene. These challenges are particularly acute ...

Architecture is the design of spaces for human occupation. Despite architects’ skill in designing spaces to influence human behavior there often is a shortfall in anticipating and reacting to ...

A Universal, Mechanistic, and Testable Framework for Measuring Alignment, Coherence, and Consequence Across Human Behavior and social Structures The Law of Alignment measures reality, not intention.