Competition over love and real estate drives two extreme behaviors in green-rumped parrotlets, a new study finds—either caring for or killing one another’s babies. Infanticide and adoption in the animal kingdom have long puzzled scientists. While both males and females of many species are known to kill the babies of their rivals to secure sexual or...

Brace for a very active hurricane season this year, warn forecasters. The 2023 hurricane season saw 20 named storms and three major hurricanes from the Atlantic basin, ranking as the fourth most active hurricane season on record. This year’s hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30 is going to be even worse, according to a hurricane...

Researchers have developed a catalyst material known as cobalt phthalocyanine that converts carbon dioxide—a significant driver of climate change—into renewable fuels such as methanol. Published in the journal ACS Catalysis, the researchers studied using cobalt phthalocyanine as a catalyst to convert carbon dioxide into methanol through multiple reaction...

When people are presented with two answers to an ethical question, most will think the answer from artificial intelligence is better than the response from another person. The explosion of ChatGPT and similar AI large language models (LLMs) which came onto the scene last March inspired the research. “I was already interested in moral decision-making...

The immune status of postpartum mothers shifts with how she feeds her baby, a new study finds. According to the paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, certain inflammatory proteins—substances that are secreted as part of an immune response—peak at different times of day, correlating with whether the mothers breastfeed, pump, or formula-feed...

Some people assume we forget or outgrow trauma. But the truth is, if someone experiences trauma as a child, it can lead to physical and mental struggles that affect their entire life. Here, Thomas O’Connor, director of the Wynne Center for Family Research at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and Kristen Holderle, UR Medicine’s clinic director...