Search Results

In “Life As No One Knows It,” Sara Imari Walker explains why the key distinction between life and other kinds of “things” is how life uses information.

“This will be one of the most important datasets since the mapping of the Human Genome.”

Straddling the bounds of science and religion, Newton wondered who set the planets in motion. Astrophysics reveals the answer.

New research shows that the transition from general to specific memories involves the maturation of inhibitory neurons in the hippocampus.

The passage of time is something we all experience, as it takes us from one moment to the next. But could it all just be an illusion?

From inside our Solar System, zodiacal light prevents us from seeing true darkness. From billions of miles away, New Horizons finally can.

It wasn’t merely an act of brutality; it was a condemnation for the afterlife.

With a massive, charged nucleus orbited by tiny electrons, atoms are such simple objects. Miraculously, they make up everything we know.

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

“I want to change the way we think about the past altogether,” says Dr. Betül Kaçar, an astrobiologist who studies the origin of life.

New tests to detect species being traded, as well as population studies, aim to help save them.

We may have discovered alien life already but rejected the evidence too quickly because it seemed false at first glance.

We don’t need to think about what life is made of but rather what it does.

The intensely white coloration of the shrimp is a remarkable feat of bioengineering.

De-extinction, if it is ever possible, will not be simple.

People naturally judge fact from fiction in offline social settings, so why is it so hard online?

A new study from Finland suggests that we all process the behavior of others using the same neural networks.

It’s not about fairness. It’s about using every possible advantage.

Neuroscientist Christof Koch on human minds, AI, and bacteria.

AI, anxiety, and emotional intelligence are on learners’ minds as they prepare to tackle the new year.

Upskilling all managers and leaders is imperative if we are to solve the global challenge of poor management.

Architecture in the age of AI — argues professor Nayef Al-Rodhan — should embed philosophical inquiry in its transdisciplinary toolkit.

4 things you should consider before launching your next global learning program.

A disturbing interview given by a KGB defector in 1984 describes America of today and outlines four stages of mass brainwashing used by the KGB.

When you own your career, work becomes more than a means to an end — it becomes a vehicle for growth and happiness. 

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.

As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it? Key controls happen well before replication even starts.

A member of a species that kills trees, this mushroom is not the first to be called the Humongous Fungus — and perhaps not the last.

God is not a vending machine, but is it wrong to treat him like one?

Today, the deepest depths of intergalactic space aren’t at absolute zero, but at a chill 2.73 K. How does that temperature change over time?