The Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Brain Research in Berlin-Buch (KWIH) and the German Research Institute for Psychiatry (Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Psychiatrie, DFA) in Munich acquired thousands of ...

Indonesia is battling one of its most severe wildfire seasons in over a decade, as intense El Niño conditions fuel widespread drought. Some of the most severely affected areas are on the island of ...

In humans, hunting is considered a man’s endeavor. But in one of our closest living relatives, hunting is primarily women’s business. A 10-year study of wild bonobos reveals that hunting is ...

Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850-1891) was the world’s first female professor of mathematics. She taught at Stockholm University, where she was awarded a Professorial Chair. Born in Russia, she entered into a ...

In the 560s, the Avars established an empire that lasted more than 200 years, centered in the Carpathian Basin. Despite much scholarly debate their initial homeland and origin has remained unclear.

Since plants do not have muscles; rapid movements, like the exploding seed pods of popping cress, are rare in the plant kingdom. Scientists from different disciplines, led by Angela Hay, a plant ...

When astronomers search for planets outside our solar system, they are particularly interested in Earth-like planets. Of the more than 5,000 exoplanets they have discovered so far, only about a dozen ...

“Neurons are the most diverse cell types in the body. Their evolutionary diversification reflects alterations in the developmental processes that produce them and may drive changes in the neural ...

Plants are in a constant competition with their neighbors for limited resources such as light, nutrients and water. Only the fittest survive and reproduce. To defend their territory against invading ...

They are considered next-generation batteries: solid-state batteries promise higher storage capacity, even greater safety, and, in theory, a longer service life. This could help electric vehicles ...

A single dose of one of the world’s most widely-prescribed drugs for the treatment of depression causes quantifiable changes in the entire brain in a matter of a few hours. Scientists at the Max ...

When an exoplanet transits in front of its parent star, the star darkens briefly. Even from a distance of many light-years, space telescopes register these changes – and thus detect the exoplanets. In ...