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Behind the mirror of our relationships lie two specters that society tends to condemn: jealousy and envy. Often categorized as moral petty flaws or character defects, these emotional responses actually possess a scientific dignity rooted in our evolutionary history. Nature does not waste energy on useless dynamics; every biochemical storm we experience has paid a price in terms of natural selection to ensure we are here today to tell the story. Jealousy acts as an ancestral g

Today at Città della Scienza (Napoli) the Hippocratic Oath 2026 was celebrated. A symbolic moment, certainly. But the real oath is not made with a formula spoken before an audience: it is shown every day, in overwhelmed emergency rooms, in understaffed wards, during brutal shifts and in the continual exodus of young doctors from a system that too often leaves them alone. Medicine cannot become only a permanent heroic sacrifice. Those who today swear to care for and protect li

For decades, the concept of neurodiversity has been considered an exclusively human phenomenon. However, the frontiers of behavioral genomics and veterinary medicine reveal that conditions such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and ADHD have deep evolutionary roots, manifesting in analogous phenotypes in animals as well. These are not anomalies, but natural variants. The most tangible evidence of canine neurodiversity lies in DNA. Research conducted on Beagle populations has

Recognizing that research is not linear would restore its humanity and enhance ignored but crucial phases Research collaboration in...