After recently writing about Singularity in this column, I felt it was time to address the elephant in the room – the difference between Artificial Intelligence and Human Consciousness in the Age of ...

From tool-using chimpanzees to puzzle-solving capuchins, the primate world is packed with surprising brainpower. But how do the planet’s cleverest monkeys and apes really compare with human intelligen ...

A conversation with Sir Stephen Fry is a whirlwind of eclectic and esoteric references across a staggering diversity of knowledge that is stochastically connected in his polymathic mind to produce ...

In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the ...

The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A biocomputer powered by lab-grown human brain cells has leveled ...

A clump of human brain cells can play the classic computer game Doom. While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

Real estate agents will tell you that a home’s most important feature is “location, location, location.” It’s similar in neuroscience: “Location is everything in the brain,” said Bosiljka Tasic, a ...

The researchers integrated measures of both brain structure and function to enable a more precise characterization of the human brain. Rather than identifying intelligence with a particular cognitive ...

A new study published in Nature suggests that the neural foundations of spatial navigation—the brain's internal "GPS"—may have emerged far earlier in evolution than previously believed. The research, ...

We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest ...