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A new study says the reason cave paintings are in such remote caverns was the artists’ search for transcendence.
Epigenetic entropy shows that you can’t fully understand cancer without mathematics.
In the name of fighting horrific crimes, Apple threatens to open Pandora’s box.
Scientists have known blobs existed for a long time, but how they have behaved over Earth’s history has been an open question.
“Lethal autonomous weapon” sounds friendlier than “killer robot.”
It could analyze a photo of the Martian surface in just five seconds. NASA scientists need 40 minutes.
Are we really only a moment away from “The Singularity,” a technological epoch that will usher in a new era in human evolution?
A concept known as “wave-particle duality” famously applies to light. But it also applies to all matter — including you.
Chess could perhaps be the ultimate window through which we might see how our mental powers shift during our lives.
The moths in your garden might hear your tomato plant’s pain.
Various environmental phenomena can play tricks on our brain.
Dennis “Thresh” Fong talks to us about battling Elon Musk in Quake in the ‘90s, his undefeated record as a pro gamer, and using AI to detoxify gaming.
Some biologists believe natural selection produces animals that are just good enough. Dawkins disagrees.
If computers can beat us at chess, maybe they could beat us at math, too.
The most technically impressive feats of animation often strike us as eerie instead of impressive, and it’s all thanks to the uncanny valley.
The key? A computational flattening algorithm.
The evidence is far less clear than popular media might lead you to believe.
From AI to health and the metaverse, this year’s CES promised new tech that will change lives long after the excitement of the latest TV wears off.
Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing.
It’s far less likely to wander into bizarre lies, emotional rants, and manipulative tangents.
“The digital HQ – the digital infrastructure that supports productivity and collaboration – actually became more important than the physical HQ.”
The metaverse is inevitable because it is hardwired into our DNA.
Researchers have been developing a promising model that can more closely mimic the human body – organ-on-a-chip.
A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time.
Researchers have created a method to help workers collaborate with artificial intelligence systems.
The space‑specific neurons in the owl’s specialized auditory brain can do advanced math.
Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.
Lonely humans will become infatuated with AI-fabricated personas.
For nearly a century, physicists have argued over how to interpret quantum physics. But reality exists independent of any interpretation.