The topic of being "contagious" has been top of mind lately. Social and physical distancing and mask-wearing are part of our new normal. What if we thought about how our values, too, spread through ...

Chimpanzees are more likely to engage in play or groom each other if they see others performing these social behaviors first, researchers report. Chimpanzees are more likely to engage in play or groom ...

Often what we need to get to the next level isn’t an Earth-shattering new idea, it’s simply a great reminder of what we already know. And sometimes the teacher is actually the student. Technically, I ...

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Does watching someone else relieve a nagging itch spark the same impulse in you? A study in mice suggests contagious itching may have evolved as a reflex to protect animals from threats. Now, Chen and ...

Chimpanzees are more likely to engage in play or groom each other if they see others performing these social behaviors first, Georgia Sandars and colleagues at Durham University, U.K. report in a ...