An updated view of categorization reflects the modern understanding that the nervous system is more of a prediction engine ...

For the first time in 30 years, computer scientists have found a better way to allocate objects evenly between two groups.

From the 1800s to the early 2000s, physicists used the same theory to understand the behavior of fluids. Now, using a modern ...

No one yet knows which technology will power the quantum computers of the future, but the race to create them has already ...

Neuroscientist Erich Jarvis discusses how the brain circuitry for vocal learning in songbirds and humans evolved from systems for controlling body movements and why so few species have this ability.

How does consciousness arise in mere flesh and blood? To the neuroscientist Anil Seth, our organic bodies are the key to the experience.

By deciphering the molecular signatures of millions of mouse cells, Junyue Cao has found that aging is not haphazard wear and ...

The math, which combines chaos, quantum theory, and infinitely complex fractal structures, has been called a “foundational result.” ...

Computer scientist Melanie Mitchell discusses why artificial intelligence doesn’t “think” or “reason” like humans, and how we can create better methods for measuring machine cognition. Building a ...

No one yet knows which technology will power the quantum computers of the future, but the race to create them has already produced some of science’s most intricate machinery. Researchers Reveal the ...

A $1 million prize awaits anyone who can show where the math of fluid flow breaks down. With specially trained AI systems, researchers have found a slew of new candidates in simpler versions of the ...