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It could perform a speech recognition task with 78% accuracy.

The study suggests that human ancestors expanded across Europe faster than previously thought.

You know Steve-O. Now meet Steve Glover, as the professional stuntman talks to us about pain, insecurity, and never finding contentment.

As creatures and machines meld together in increasingly advanced forms, ethicists are starting to take note.

It has perhaps never been easier to feel as if you’ve fallen behind in life. From the anxieties of comparing yourself to others online to our fetishization of success, it […]

Ironically, the company did so using technology perfected by the oil industry.

CRISPR study helps answer a question that has long puzzled scientists.

Australia’s AAPowerLink boasts three global superlatives: largest solar farm, largest battery, and longest power cable.

We are ~99% genetically identical to chimpanzees. But there are three key traits that separate us.

For well over a century, engineers have proposed harnessing the ocean’s tides for energy. But the idea hasn’t seemed to register in many places.

It is easy to mock Nobel Laureates who go astray, but eccentricity often accompanies brilliance. We should have some sympathy.

The antibodies elicited by the “S2 vaccine” not only neutralize COVID’s multiple strains but also coronaviruses that cause the common cold.

How America became a fragile nation — and how it can get its resilience back.

Freethink asks three different kinds of experts to answer this question.

Watching for changes in the Red Planet’s orbit over time could be new way to detect passing dark matter.

The spray uses snippets of DNA to gum up virus replication.

Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty reveals the secret to “good power.”

Can two planets stably share the same orbit? Conventional wisdom says no, but a look at Saturn’s moons might tell a different story.

The Michelson-Morley experiment of 1887, despite expectations, revealed a null result: no effect. The implications were revolutionary.

Astranis is on a mission to help everyone in the world get online.

A study shows that the brains of lonely individuals respond in odd ways to visual stimuli, while those of non-lonely people react similarly.

Think via Bayes’ rule to become more rational and less brainwashed.

The threats Mars astronauts face — and how NASA is working to solve them.

A National Center for Data and Evidence could supplement our archaic and expensive system and more accurately measure AI’s impact on jobs.

And why you, a non-expert, should absolutely not consider “explaining what you know” to an actual expert in the field.

The hangover “cures” on the market don’t work. A new hydrogel does.

NASA gave three robots plans for a moon shelter, and the robots figured out how to build it.

A “bio-battery” made from genetically engineered bacteria could store excess renewable energy and release it as needed.

Here’s how it works.

Engagement with generative AI is a business essential — but all companies should be vigilant.