A new AI developed at Duke University can uncover simple, readable rules behind extremely complex systems. It studies how ...

Research reveals why AI systems can't become conscious—and what radically different computing substrates would be needed to ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? The famous question, though implausible, reflects a ...

While artificial intelligence still dominated the industry, there were a couple of breakthroughs that defined the year ...

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? As silly as it sounds, the question captures a real ...

Author: Andrew Hartman, who grew up in Colorado, is a professor of history at Illinois State University. He’s the author of three books: “Karl Marx in America,” “A War for the Soul of America – A ...

Stripe patterns are commonly seen in nature—for instance, birds and fish move in coordinated flocks and schools, fingerprints form unique designs, and zebras can be identified by their distinctive ...

By 1873 Darwin was famed as the pre-eminent naturalist, biologist and geologist of his age. He is credited as the father of evolutionary biology, responsible for the unifying theory of the life ...

Cancer care has long focused on what drugs to give and in what doses, but a growing body of evidence suggests the clock on the wall may be just as important. Researchers are finding that the hour a ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...