Scientists have recorded same-sex behavior across many animal groups, including mammals, birds, and reptiles. Still, the meaning of that behavior depends on the species and the context. Behavior that ...

For decades, psychologists have argued over a basic question. Can one grand theory explain the human mind, or do attention, ...

Researchers at MIT decided to run a wild experiment by dropping 1,000 AI agents into Minecraft and giving them a simple goal: ...

A new study suggests that generosity may be more than a moral lesson—it could be shaped by how different parts of the brain work together. By gently stimulating two brain regions and syncing their ...

Kissing a romantic partner is a nice way to share an intimate moment – not to mention a hearty dose of saliva and tens of millions of oral microbes.

Generative AI such as ChatGPT can be used to guide you toward personal happiness. It is quite timely and useful. Watch out ...

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched a novel robotic platform to rapidly analyze plant root systems as they grow, yielding AI-ready data to accelerate the development ...

A patient said to me the other day, half-smiling but clearly unsettled: "I think I've got anxiety about AI." They weren't having a panic attack or describing clinical anxiety. What they were ...

Are the mysteries of quantum mechanics finally starting to crack, or are we just getting better at asking sharper questions? Since the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics honored experiments on quantum ...

This new framing stands on two pillars of earlier lab work.

Did modern humans erase Neanderthals, or did our close cousins fade away for reasons that had little to do with us? A pair of major papers in Science and Nature on Dec. 12, 2024, sharpen that question ...

Waves crash along the rugged Sonoma County coast. A wooden fortress rises above the cliffs like it doesn’t belong. Fort Ross ...