Past anecdotal observations have hinted that great apes play pretend. But now, experimental research shows that our closest living relatives can keep track of imaginary objects.

In a series of tea party-like experiments, Johns Hopkins University researchers demonstrate for the first time that apes can ...

This year marks the two hundred and fiftieth of the American experiment. It also marks the passing of the baton on to the ...

Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares have a new book titled If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us ...

Blasting meteorite samples with CERN’s Super Proton Synchrotron, the team found that the material "became stronger". That ...

An “extraordinary” brain network discovery shows that Parkinson’s disease may not be a movement disorder after all ...

The complex building blocks of life can form spontaneously in space, a new lab experiment shows.

In an era where players changing teams is commonplace, Devin Booker's 11 seasons (and counting) in Phoenix stand out.

Our universe does host life, but another one might be even better suited for life. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers are studying how hospitable our universe is to ...

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have uncovered experimental evidence that ...

Rutgers Develops New Tool for Examining Cancer Genomic Data that Could Improve Treatment When scientists sequence tumor DNA, ...