A new artificial intelligence (AI) method called BioPathNet helps researchers systematically search large biological data ...

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Nicola Dell, a computer scientist studying the role of technology in intimate partner violence, cofounded the Center to End ...

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Human language is structured to minimize mental effort by using familiar, predictive patterns grounded in lived experience.

When middle schoolers chatted with ELIZA, a 1960s chatbot, they uncovered how AI really works (and doesn’t). Along the way, ...

Hidden RNA signals in sperm reveal an "aging cliff" that could impact offspring health.

Whether AI is generating new ideas or not, it is already becoming a powerful tool when placed in the hands of smart and ...

In the icy reaches of the Svalbard archipelago, a quiet revolution in marine restoration is underway. Researchers are ...

Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...

Every time we show facial gestures, it feels effortless, but the brain is quietly coordinating an intricate performance.

When faced with something new, human beings instinctively reach for comparisons. A child learning about atoms might hear that electrons orbit the nucleus “like planets orbit the sun.” An entrepreneur ...