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Artificial intelligence is surrounded by fear and mystery because very few understand its inner workings. But it’s actually rather intuitive and far simpler than it seems.
A new study of captive dolphins has found that those engaging in synchronised swimming make more optimistic judgements about an unknown event.
Churchill allowed science to flourish. Without a similar attitude in today’s politics, we may hit a bottleneck for life that leaves a Universe without a single human soul to enjoy it.
New data shows that the hairy-legged vampire bat of Pernambuco, Brazil, has developed an appetite for human blood over that of other possible prey.
Over the last 20 years, advances in the field of exoplanet discovery have excited the imaginations of scientists and enthusiasts alike. But we’re in position to know yet whether a planet is habitable.
In the face of alienation and concentration of power by big corporations, local DIY organisations promote place-based organic internet solutions.
Scientists must bear some responsibility for the post-truth era and the current crisis in democracy.
There’s never been greater need for the study of what we don’t know, and why we’re not supposed to know it.
Recent research contradicts the belief that a period of calm usually follows a serious earthquake.
What research says about why debates about faith get so heated online.
From wine to cheese, geographical origin has long been used as a mark of quality in selling a wide array of agricultural products. How do we protect it?
Coconut water may be the ‘it’ drink, but its producers face multiple threats.
Is the election of Donald Trump going to reignite a futile war between science and anti-science?
A more democratic internet is possible via personal and community networking. Find out how to build your own connection to the world.
Insights from psychology, neuroscience, economics and political science on how the incoming president might move people from the extreme right or left of the political spectrum to a sociable centre.
How to psychologically cope with living in a country with more fatalities than a war zone? For Mexicans, the response is increasingly detachment, depersonalisation, and adherence to daily routines.
The two species mated 500,000 years ago, leaving a genetic mark to this day. This knowledge could help save them from extinction.
Data can be used to limit damage from natural disasters and to improve our lives.
Controversy over a Chinese study that used CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology shows how the West still looks at the East through the lens of Orientalism.
How can the law deals with a new space like the datasphere ?
Angst when you forget your smartphone is not only a real psychological phenomenon–it also highlights a quintessentially postmodern problem: what the author calls the “anxiety of the disconnected”.
Technology had enabled humans to explore the deep sea, the Earth’s poles, and outer space. But we shouldn’t forget historical lessons about frontiers in the process of traversing them.
In Turkey’s climate of general political repression, cyberactivism constitutes a real alternative for engaged citizens.
Science’s quality control processes are under question. Scientists should think about changing the rules and extending their peer communities.