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.
Finding this missing piece of water’s path through the universe offers clues to how it came to be on Earth.
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.
She apparently learned some valuable business skills as a former prostitute.
Humanity can avoid catastrophe — if we look beyond our blinkered present.
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.
Dig a 70-mile tunnel under the Bering Strait, and you get this amazing InterContinental Railway, which will reshape the world.
Psychedelics mess with our prior beliefs, and could help us see what forms these beliefs in the first place.
With a finite 13.8 billion years having passed since the Big Bang, there’s an edge to what we can see: the cosmic horizon. What’s it like?
If you’re trying to break a bad habit or start a good one, psychologists have some tips.
If the evolution of the Universe is a movie, what happens when we rewind it all the way backward?
Recent changes have affected the design and development of instructor-led training. Read on to find out how.
Beer’s flavor begins to change as soon as it is packaged. Are cans or bottles better at preserving flavor?
Steam cars hit the U.S. market in the 1890s but were largely extinct by the 1930s. Will technology bring them back?
Gamma-ray bursts are among the most energetic cosmic events of all. On October 9, 2022, a remarkable one occurred: the brightest ever seen.
We bring multifaceted selves to our interactions, and in these interactions co-create each other again and again.
Estonia has long been seen as a pioneer in digitizing the democratic process.
Time gets a little strange as you approach the speed of light.
Always look on the bright side of death.
End of life patients face mental health challenges uniquely existential and spiritual in nature — but psychedelics are emerging as a possible solution to relieve the suffering.
“It doesn’t erase what happened to you. It just changes the impact it has on your life.”
The utilitarian “greatest happiness principle” has remained popular for two centuries — is it time for a rethink?