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Apple’s privacy controls just got a big boost with iOS 12.

Here are some of the best books on the rich history, rabid speculations and intriguing fictionalized world of artificial intelligence.

The truth might not be ‘out there’ at all. There may never have been another intelligent, technologically advanced alien species in the entire history of the Universe. When you take into […]

How we talk about genes shows many are confused. Seductive stats illusions, iffy gene ideas, bad causology, and lax jargon, are creating a recipe for epistemic comedy (and genetic tragedy).

The quest for the cause of the cosmos is an ancient quest. Neil Turok offers a fascinating new theory.

Infographics present the latest NHTSA statistics on the likelihood of having a fatal accident while commuting to and from work.

If there’s other intelligent life in the universe, is it very different from us, or is it very similar? First we have to know where our species is headed, says NASA’s Michelle Thaller.

Friedrich Nietzsche is an influential thinker, but he is not without critics. One of the best of them is British philosopher Bertrand Russell.

How useful are the algorithms dating sites use? According to one regulatory agency, not very.

University of Bristol scientists find a way to levitate large objects with sound waves.

Religion as a belief system goes back hundreds of thousands of years. So why are so many of the religious peoples of today so focused on a supposed God that goes back only 5,000 years? The answer lies in how our brains work.

The prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease is expected to triple over the next three decades, to nearly 14 million in the United States alone. 

What if alien life — or even intelligence — don’t look like what we’re searching for? When the original Star Trek premiered, it was revolutionary for depicting sentient, intelligent species other than humans, living […]

Musk is about more than Teslas and rockets. 

The results of this study could change how we approach athletic training.

Bill Gates has been working since 2011 with some of the brightest minds to solve a health crisis affecting more than 2 billion people worldwide.

DEFCON hackers find it’s really easy to hack U.S. voting machines.

A child-friendly robot demonstrates human emotions and engages children with autism in responding appropriately. MIT researchers have now developed a type of personalized machine learning that helps robots estimate the engagement and interest of each child during these interactions.

Hyperloop One announces completion of first successful full-system hyperloop test.

Our biases, preferences, and ideas of simplicity and elegance can get in the way. Here’s a scientific way to cut through them all. What are the rules governing reality? If you […]

Artificial intelligence has so far replaced more menial labor, but could it one day soon come for the more analytical positions in the economy like writers and reporters? What will become of journalism?

Tesla founder Elon Musk is in talks with the governor of Puerto Rico to help rebuild the island’s power grid using Tesla technologies. 

Scientists devise neural networks that can spot likely government corruption.

Humanity has mapped the Milky Way better than ever with ESA’s Gaia. But 1.7 billion stars later, there are still no Dyson spheres. Perhaps the greatest ‘holy grail’ in all of […]

Many of the Russian IRA troll Facebook ads were released today by Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee.

The effect worked best when the women knew whose shirt it was.

A new study has found a mechanism that links poor sleep with deterioration of brain function.

Some people naturally believe they’re thinner than they really are. Here’s how to tell if you’re susceptible. 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming many human activities ranging from daily chores to highly sophisticated tasks. But unlike many other industries, the higher education sector has yet to be really […]

VR technology shows no signs of slowing down. We need to start asking the question of how we deal with those of us who become addicted to the wonders VR offers.