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To reap the benefits of AI technologies, businesses must keep humans in the driving seat.

The researchers consumed a lot of wine while watching 15 seasons of the show.

The quadratic formula isn’t just something that teachers use to torture algebra students. The Babylonians once used it to calculate taxes.

A new brain imaging study explored how different levels of the brain’s excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters are linked to math abilities.

Alan Turing and Christopher Strachey created a ground-breaking computer program that allowed them to express affection vicariously when so doing publicly, as gay men, was criminal.

Explanations for the cosmic speed limit often conflate mass with inertia.

We bring multifaceted selves to our interactions, and in these interactions co-create each other again and again. 

Psychologist Mary C. Murphy explains why growth-mindset teams outperform those centered around a lone genius.

If you think of the Big Bang as an explosion, we can trace it back to a single point-of-origin. But what if it happened everywhere at once?

Perhaps the most well-known equation in all of physics is Einstein’s E = mc². Does mass or energy increase, then, near the speed of light?

Not everything that claims to be “scientific” actually is. There are five features of scientifically rigorous studies.

There are at least 15 different types of solid water (ice). Now, scientists believe that there might be a second type of liquid water.

The rewards price to get a free cup of hot coffee at Starbucks is going up.

Executive coach Jodi Wellman explains how to “make it to the end with no regrets.”

Research suggests that employees with criminal records are far less likely to quit their jobs, perhaps due to a greater sense of loyalty.

Since at least 600 BC, people have been mesmerized by the concept of the infinite.

If you bring too much mass or energy together in one location, you’ll inevitably create a black hole. So why didn’t the Big Bang become one?

Taught in every introductory physics class for centuries, the parabola is only an imperfect approximation for the true path of a projectile.

Equations that describe time travel are fully compatible and consistent with relativity — but physics is not mathematics.

Denmark’s 10 Jante Laws are grim, and yet they bring so much happiness. 

The effects are even worse for women.

The Poisson distribution has everyday applications in science, finance, and insurance. To compare the results of some biomedical studies, more people ought to be familiar with it.

If atoms are mostly empty space, then why can’t two objects made of atoms simply pass through each other? Quantum physics explains why.

Intelligence is not fixed but fluid. A growth mindset allows our brains to flourish while lowering our stress levels.

A new AI lie detector can dive into their hidden thoughts and reveal “what language models truly believe about the world.”

The structure of our Solar System has been known for centuries. When we finally started finding exoplanets, they surprised everyone.

A crowdsourced “final exam” for AI promises to test LLMs like never before. Here’s how the idea, and its implementation, dooms us to fail.

On June 20, 2024, the summer solstice occurs at its earliest moment since 1796: when George Washington was President of the USA. Here’s why.

From the earliest stages of the hot Big Bang (and even before) to our dark energy-dominated present, how and when did the Universe grow up?

The quantum world — and its inherent uncertainty — defies our ability to describe it in words.