Research with chimpanzees shows that cooperation and leadership shape sustainable use of resources in our closest living ...

Degrader of cancer protein IDO1 prevents cancer immune suppression by cancer and offers promising strategy to support ...

Vocal coordination in duels: Male nightingales rapidly adjust both the pitch and note length of their whistle songs during ...

A behavioral experiment shows that a completely uncooperative behavioral strategy undermines climate protection efforts even ...

Fourteen newly founded start-ups of the Max Planck Society got off the ground in 2025. We present seven of them in detail.

In house mice, the pay-off of mating with multiple males depends especially on the quality of food available to mothers ...

If an event is more likely to occur at a certain point in time, the brain tracks the time until it occurs more precisely ...

Prima facie, the numbers are clear: Mothers and fathers generally live longer than the childless. The effect is particularly pronounced for adoptive parents: Adopting a child adds three years to the ...

Everybody’s been there: You’re sitting at your desk, staring out the window, your thoughts wandering. Instead of getting on with what you’re supposed to be doing, you start mentally planning your next ...

The Horsehead Nebula, 1,300 light-years from Earth, is located in the Orion constellation, which will become more and more visible in the night skies over the next few weeks. Due to its famous and ...

Kombrink, Kaiser and their colleagues have identified a molecule that interferes with the effect of jasmonic acid. This plant hormone influences flower formation, root growth, defence against ...

Scientists from the Department of Physiology of Cognitive Processes and the Research Group for Neuronal Convergence analysed comparable data from 61 studies carried out in different laboratories and ...