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Does it have a deeper significance — or is it just a number?

The Metaverse could be the most dangerous tool of persuasion humanity has ever created.

The modern attention economy hijacks our ability to focus, but an ancient technique offers a means to get it back.

Are we really only a moment away from “The Singularity,” a technological epoch that will usher in a new era in human evolution?

Are anti-workers the lazy children of privilege or the brave vanguard of a utopic upheaval?

In the name of fighting horrific crimes, Apple threatens to open Pandora’s box.

The most technically impressive feats of animation often strike us as eerie instead of impressive, and it’s all thanks to the uncanny valley.

Perrikaryal uses an EEG to translate her brain activity into beating bosses in “Elden Ring” and beyond.

It could analyze a photo of the Martian surface in just five seconds. NASA scientists need 40 minutes.

Researchers have created a method to help workers collaborate with artificial intelligence systems.

Flies are in no way smart, but they experience time in an almost Matrix-like fashion.

Can ChatGPT help you power through writer’s block?

“The promise of the Human Genome Project has finally arrived.”

Quantum mechanics has taught us that even empty space contains energy. “Negative energy” is the state of having less energy than empty space.

Why the road to self-driving vehicles is paved with smarter “dumb” cars.

If the “self” is not real, then we are slaves to a billiard ball universe, trapped in a nihilistic nightmare in which we cannot change our fate.

A new control system, demonstrated using MIT’s robotic mini cheetah, enables four-legged robots to jump across uneven terrain in real-time.

No matter how good our measurement devices get, certain quantum properties always possess an inherent uncertainty. Can we figure out why?

These missions will put us one step closer to the ultimate goal: crewed trips to Mars.

If computers can beat us at chess, maybe they could beat us at math, too.

The key to its success lies not in its understanding of technology, but in its understanding of human nature.

Choking under pressure seems to have deep evolutionary roots.

In an age of high quit rates, struggling low-wage employees, and tone-deaf leadership, the call for “good jobs” makes great sense.

The key? A computational flattening algorithm.

We don’t know when or how music was originally invented, but we can now track its evolution across space and time thanks to the Global Jukebox.

The central equation of quantum mechanics, the Schrödinger equation, is different from the equations found in classical physics.

The American author said he attempted to bring scientific thinking to literary criticism, but received “very little gratitude for this.”

Spaceguard shows that we can manage risks to the extinction of humanity — if only we put our mind to it.

There could be variables beyond the ones we’ve identified and know how to measure. But they can’t get rid of quantum weirdness.

No matter how good our measurement devices get, certain quantum properties always possess an inherent uncertainty. Can we figure out why?