The Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) investigates why and how people create art and how they perform, experience, and evaluate it. The Institute’s focus is on music, but we also ...

A rapid climate collapse during the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction devastated ocean life and reshuffled Earth’s ecosystems. In the aftermath, jawed vertebrates gained an unexpected edge by surviving ...

Pokémon is usually known for fun adventures, exciting battles, and cute creatures. However, some Pokémon have surprisingly dark and emotional stories hidden in their backgrounds. Some were abandoned, ...