Lifestyle

Gossip is good for romance, study finds

“Spill the Tea, Honey: Gossiping Predicts Well-Being in Same- and Different-Gender Couples” is the name of a new study from UC Riverside psychology researchers that found gossip within couples is associated with greater happiness and […]

Nature

The great apes’ guide to human nature

What can chimpanzees teach us about ourselves? A lot, says Craig Stanford, who’s spent three decades studying the lives of our closest cousins.This post was originally published on this site

Nature

Fungus metabolites may help ghost shrimp survive

Connecticut College researchers have found that chemical byproducts produced by the amphibian-killing fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis—commonly known as Bd—may actually help ghost shrimp survive. Their study, published in PeerJ, offers deeper insight into how these compounds […]