The platypus may be one of the strangest animals ever discovered. It lays eggs like a reptile, has venomous spurs, and a bill that can detect electrical signals in the water. Yet somehow, it’s still a ...

The neuroscience is pretty uncomfortable. People in positions of power show reduced activity in mirror neuron systems, the ...

Nature runs on physics, chemistry, and a little evolutionary stubbornness. Some animals carry abilities that sound like ...