University of Pennsylvania psychologists Andrew Gersick and Robert Kurzban (2014) proposed that the explanation is rooted in the potential social costs of human flirting to all in ...

A new study finds that people with higher autistic-like traits tend to avoid using affectionate behaviors to maintain their ...

While the Discovery Channel's annual Shark Week event has given the public greater familiarity with sharks, much about ...

You've probably heard the word 'fuckboy' thrown around in dating conversations, usually to describe a guy who seems interested only in sex but never actually interested in you. However, wanting casual ...

Two new UMass Amherst studies document the first-known seasonal nurse shark breeding ground in the Virgin Islands and reveal how recovering shark and seal populations are fueling conflict with ...

Chess grandmasters move toward a less complex game faster than AI players, suggesting different approaches for balancing short- and long-term prospects. Game of trade-offs. Chess players need to ...

Women identified more than 9,000 possible ways of preventing or responding to sexual violence, with the strategies they suggested varying according to who posed the threat and whether an assault had ...

Many people think that AI is going to gain consciousness and take over the world, but I’ve never been among them. That’s mostly because I believe the human mind contains depths and complexities that ...

Halloween is next month, but these creepy crawlies are getting an early start to the spooky season. Several states may start noticing tarantulas popping up. But this isn't a sign of the apocalypse or ...