New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...

The first time a computer beat a human chess champion, doomsayers proclaimed it was the beginning of the end. That was nearly three decades ago, and contrary to those dire predictions, humans haven't ...

Bruce the kea is missing his upper beak, giving the olive green parrot a look of perpetual surprise. But scientists are the astonished ones. The typical kea (Nestor notabilis) sports a long, sharp ...

I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed Dr. Justin Gregg's new book If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity. When Hal Herzog recommended it to me and I saw ...

The rise of the AI gig workforce has driven an important shift from commodity task execution to first-tier crowd contribution ...

The British mathematician Alan Turing wrote in 1950, "I propose to consider the question, 'Can machines think?'" His inquiry framed the discussion for decades of artificial intelligence research. For ...

It’s nearly impossible to open LinkedIn or any news feed without seeing posts about artificial intelligence (AI). User comments often express trepidation that their jobs may one day be outsourced to ...

The good news is it's not just you who feels like everyone is getting dumber. The bad news is… well, everyone is getting dumber. There's actually more bad news — this isn't just one outlier study ...

Will AI need a body to come close to human-like intelligence? But these aren’t just speculative questions anymore. Roboticists today are wrestling with the question of whether artificial intelligence ...

Have you ever heard the expression, “Use it or lose it”? Nowhere does this idiom apply more than to the brain. Sure, the brain isn’t a muscle, but to keep it sharp, it still needs consistent neural ...