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The brain of an ancient bird offers clues to the survival of its modern-day relatives.
The engineer working on Google’s AI, called LaMDA, suffers from what we could call Michelangelo Syndrome. Scientists must beware hubris.
Our ancestral cousins far more intelligent than we credit them for, and they did things most of us cannot.
A new framework describes how thought arises from the coordination of neural activity driven by oscillating electric fields — a.k.a. brain “waves” or “rhythms.”
About 150 million years ago, a long-necked sauropod came down with a respiratory infection. The rest is history…or is it?
Pessimism reigned supreme.
The list includes eleven species of birds, eight species of freshwater mussels, two fish, a bat, and a plant from the mint family.
The Seychelles magpie-robin is up for sale – yes, for sale – as a digital nature collectible.
An emerging field studies parasites that take over the nervous system of a host.
Did fire change the development of the human brain?
The LHC has a long, productive life ahead of it. An upgraded version, called the “High Luminosity LHC,” will be available in 2028.
The crisis of the Anthropocene challenges our traditional narratives and myths about humanity’s place in the world. Citizen science can help.
Studies show talk therapy works, but experts disagree about how it does so. Finding the answer could help professionals and patients.
The high pitches from the flute and the harp would reach your ears before the notes from the tuba and the cello.
You’ll be able to sleep through a war.
There’s an enormous evolutionary advantage for flamingos to stand on one leg, but genetics doesn’t help. Only physics explains why.
More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.
Spicy foods are enjoyed the world over, but scientists don’t know why people partake in culinary masochism.
To know how to protect its astronauts, NASA needs to first understand the threat.
Despite billions of years of life on Earth, humans first arose only ~300,000 years ago. It took all that time to make our arrival possible.
You don’t have to “feel the burn” to see improvements to your health and well-being.
Australian parrots have worked out how to open trash bins, and the trick is spreading across Sydney.
Like many of us, the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius hated waking up early, but his stoic philosophy always helped him get out of bed.
Like witchcraft, “racecraft” refers to a kind of magical thinking — one that treats race as if it were scientifically meaningful.
Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.
The road to intelligent life is a series of hard steps.
With around 5,000 summertime residents, increased tourism, and a warming planet, it is becoming difficult to protect Antarctica from invasion.
There are issues with Kinsey’s data, but his books revolutionized Americans’ thinking about sex and sexuality.
Individuals and organizations can maintain a strong and enduring identity by repeatedly remaking themselves.