In this age of science, many people see supernatural forces as illusions rooted in wishful thinking. But love remains a profound exception to humanity’s trend toward rationality. People are used to ...

Love is an emotion. To understand what love is for we have to place it in the broader context of the evolutionary function of emotions. One major function of emotions is to energize motivation. If we ...

Oxytocin has been famously dubbed “the love hormone” for its role in care and social bonding. Psychological studies in humans have shown that oxytocin promotes empathy, increases cooperation in ...

The world watches in horror as rebel extremists surge across Iraq. Videos graphically depict the daily violence in Syria. Closer to home, yet another gunman has razed innocent victims in a public ...

Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun in 'Love Me' Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Photo by Justine Yeung. Set in a post-human world, Love Me, directed and written by Sam and Amy Zuchero and starring Steven ...

There’s having a physical type ― tall, dark and bearded, for instance ― then there’s dating someone who looks so much like your ex (or exes, plural), they could be twins. Call it doppelgänger dating.