The biggest lingering question about GPT-4 isn’t if it’s going to destroy jobs or take over the world. Instead, it is this: Do we trust AI programmers to tell society what is true?

When someone attempts to make you afraid of something that hasn’t happened instead of a true, present danger, suspect this nefarious ploy.

Einstein called his idea “abominable,” but the world of physics came around to embracing the views of Georges Lemaître.

No fate but what we make.

Kids are more anxious and depressed than ever. Is identity politics to blame?

This was largely a philosophical question until 2005, when a surgical team in France performed the first partial face transplant.

Leading a scientific revolution is easy: you just have to succeed where the current theory fails while equaling its successes. Good luck!

When Mongol traders came knocking, Sultan Muhammad II shaved off their beards. Three years later, his whole empire was annihilated.

Early, non-aggressive tumors should be called “nodules.”

Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy utilizes a non-ordinary state of consciousness to heal.

At this event, you’ll be around to hear the eulogy.

Most of us only ever see a fraction of a full rainbow: an arc. But optically, a full rainbow makes a complete circle. Physics explains why.

Long-term research efforts have revealed alarming mental health trends.

Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.

Climate and ecological changes, as well as disruptions to the food chain, were already killing off the dinosaurs.

You know that ghostly feeling that someone is nearby even though nobody is? It could be a trick of neural timing.

The next solar eclipse to occur over heavily populated areas is on April 8, 2024. For a spectacular show; here’s where the best views are!

A new AI lie detector can dive into their hidden thoughts and reveal “what language models truly believe about the world.”

Nevada has the fewest number of native-born citizens.

The study was small and didn’t include a placebo group, but there is reason to believe that the drugs really do work.

The ability to decode acoustic information from brain activity aids the development of brain-computer interfaces that restore communication in patients who suffer paralysis.

Tasting sounds and hearing colors.

Considering the perspectives of others has important benefits for individuals and for society. There is one easy way to do it.

A new study provides the most detailed look at brains on psychedelics to date.

Humanity can avoid catastrophe — if we look beyond our blinkered present.

Americans without friends have increased 400% in recent years. Here’s why.

Our huge, expanding Universe may truly be infinite. But if the set of possible quantum outcomes is also infinite, which “infinity” wins?

The multiverse is an idea that has gained a lot of traction in popular culture. But what does science have to say about it?

The story of China is the story of global economics.

In order to figure out how English might evolve in the future, we have to look at how it has changed in the near and distant past.